Íssu

See also: issu

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yĕšuaʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːsu/

Proper noun

Íssu m (invariable)

  1. Jesus
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 3c2
      tri chretim i nÍsu ꝉ isin beothu i táa Ísu iar n-esséirgu
      through belief in Jesus or in the life in which Jesus is after resurrection

Descendants

  • Irish: Íosa
  • Manx: Yeesey
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ìosa

Mutation

Mutation of Íssu
radical lenition nasalization
Íssu
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
Íssu n-Íssu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading