Jesús

Borrowed from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Hebrew ישוע (yeshúa).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒəˈzus]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒeˈzus]
• Hyphenation: Je‧sús

Jesús m

1. Jesus

• jesuat
• jesuïta

Jesús

1. bless you, gesundheit (said after a sneeze)

• “Jesús”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Hebrew ישוע.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛːsu(ː)s/

Jesús m (proper noun, genitive singular Jesú)

1. Jesus

Note: this declension, highly irregular and unique in Icelandic, is taken directly from the Latin declension (see the Latin entry Iēsūs). Originally, the accusative was always Jesúm, but in recent times it is more commonly Jesú, under influence from the other case forms. Also note the distinct vocative form, Jesú, whereas for other Icelandic words the nominative form is normally used in vocative constructions.

From Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Hebrew ישוע (yēšūaʿ).

The exceptional use of Jesús as a first given name in Spanish-speaking countries contrasts with other historically Catholic or otherwise Christian societies. It has been linked to the widespread use of the name مُحَمَّد (muḥammad, “Muhammad”) by Muslims, whose custom would have induced their Christian peers to do something comparable ^[1][2] during the Arab reign in Muslim Spain, from the 8^th to the 15^th century. Other hypotheses are its alleged use by New Christians from the 15^th century onwards to integrate into Catholic society; the influence on Spanish Catholics of the rise in the devotion to Jesus' name led by mendicant orders and later by the Jesuits in the 14^th and 15^th centuries; ^[3] and the Spanish custom of using religious names for orphaned children in Catholic institutions, their names being passed on to their descendants.^{[4] [5]}However, those hypotheses are unlikely. It was only in the late 19^th century that the name Jesús was popularised in Spain,^[6] appearing on registers just five times in 1800-1820, but 576 times in 1880-1900, with similar results for Mexico, where it was first recorded in 1852. Hence, the use of the name Jesús is likely attributable to the reaction of some militant Catholic forces to the efforts towards secularisation and to the anticlericalism prevalent in the period^[6].

Cognate with Sicilian Gisuzzu.

• IPA^(key): /xeˈsus/ [xeˈsus]
• IPA^(key): /ʃeˈsus/ [ʃeˈsus] (Early Modern Spanish)
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: Je‧sús

Jesús

1. bless you, gesundheit (said after a sneeze) (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

   Synonym: salud

Jesús m

1. (Christianity) Jesus
   • 1602, Casiodoro de Reina, La Santa Biblia, rev., Marcos 1:9

     Y aconteció en aquellos días, que Jesús vino de Nazaret de Galilea, y fué bautizado por Juan en el Jordán.

     And it happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

2. a male given name, mainly popular in Mexico and the Spanish-speaking USA

• → Cebuano: Hesus
• → Hiligaynon: Hesus
• → Guaraní: Hesu
• → Tagalog: Hesus, Sisos

• “Jesús”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024