Jeremiasz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Jeremiasz.

Proper noun

Jeremiasz

1. (rare) A male given name from Polish.

Polish

Jeremiasz

Alternative forms

• Jr (abbreviations of the name of the book of the Bible)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Biblical Hebrew הֵרִים

Biblical Hebrew ־יהו

Biblical Hebrew ירמיהlbor.

Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías)lbor.

Latin Jērē̆mī̆āslbor.

Polish Jeremiasz

Learned borrowing from Latin Jērē̆mī̆ās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛˈrɛ.mjaʂ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmjaʂ
• Syllabification: Je‧re‧miasz

Proper noun

Jeremiasz m pers

1. (biblical) Jeremiah (a prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.)
   • 2003, Lech Stachowiak, chapter 38, in Księga Jeremiasza‎^[1], Poznań: Wydawnictwo Pallottinum; translation of Jeremiah, יִרְמְיָהוּ, (Please provide a date or year):

     wziął stamtąd podartą odzież oraz znoszone szaty i spuścił je na linach Jeremiaszowi do cysterny. […]

     he took from there torn clothes and worn-out garments and lowered them on ropes to Jeremiah into the cistern. […]

2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

   Następnie odczytano fragment z Jeremiasza. ― Then a passage from Jeremiah was read.

3. (countable, rare) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Jeremy

   Nie pasowały Jeremiaszowi jej ciągłe fochy. ― Jeremiah didn't like her constant sulking.

Declension

Declension of Jeremiasz

	singular	plural
nominative	Jeremiasz	Jeremiaszowie
genitive	Jeremiasza	Jeremiaszów
dative	Jeremiaszowi	Jeremiaszom
accusative	Jeremiasza	Jeremiaszów
instrumental	Jeremiaszem	Jeremiaszami
locative	Jeremiaszu	Jeremiaszach
vocative	Jeremiaszu	Jeremiaszowie

Derived terms

adjectives

• Jeremiaszowy

Further reading

• “Jeremiasz”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)