Jakub

Borrowed from Latin Iacōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjakup]

Jakub m anim (diminutive Kuba or Kubíček)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English James or Jacob

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Inherited from Old Polish Jakób, from Latin Iacōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”). Doublet of jacuzzi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.kup/

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• Rhymes: -akup
• Syllabification: Ja‧kub

Jakub m pers (diminutive Kuba or Kubuś or Jakubek)

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English James or Jacob

• Jakub in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Derived from Latin Iacōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjakup/

Jakub m anim (genitive singular Jakuba, nominative plural Jakubi, Jakubovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jake or Jacob

• “Jakub”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024