Iosrael

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Isra(h)él (“Israel”), from Latin Isrāēl, Isrāhēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

Proper noun

Iosrael m (genitive Iosrael)

1. Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean; official name: Stát Iosrael)
2. (biblical) Israel (A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)
3. (historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel)
4. (historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah)

Usage notes

Not preceded by the definite article.

Derived terms

• Iosraelach (“Israeli”, adjective)
• Iosraelach m (“Israeli”)
• Tír Iosrael f (“the Land of Israel”)

 

Related terms

• Iarúsailéim f (“Jerusalem”)
• Iosraeilíteach (“Israelite”, adjective)
• Iosraeilíteach m (“Israelite”)
• seiceal m (“sheqel”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iosrael

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iosrael	nIosrael	hIosrael	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Iosrael”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Isra(h)él”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Iosrael”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Iosrael”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• Israel

Etymology

From Old Irish Isra(h)él (“Israel”), from Latin Isrāēl, Isrāhēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

Proper noun

Iosrael f

1. Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)

See also

• Iùdhach m (“Jew”)

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Isra(h)él”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language