Zacharias

See also: Zachariáš

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζαχαρίας (Zakharías), the New Testament form of the figure's name in the Old Testament, Hebrew זְכַרְיָה‎ (Zəḵaryā, “Yahweh has remembered”). Compare Zachariah and Zechariah.

Proper noun

Zacharias

  1. Alternative form of Zechariah
  2. A male given name from Hebrew.

Translations

Danish

Proper noun

Zacharias

  1. a male given name, variant of Zakarias

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Zacharias m

  1. Zacharias (biblical character)
  2. a male given name

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Zacchariās (Vulgate spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζαχαρίᾱς (Zakharíās), from Biblical Hebrew זְכַרְיָה‎ (Zəḵaryā́).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /zaˈkʰa.ri.aːs/, [d̪͡z̪äˈkʰäriäːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡zaˈka.ri.as/, [d̪͡z̪äˈkäːriäs]

Proper noun

Zachariās m sg (genitive Zachariae); first declension

  1. Zechariah

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Zachariās
Genitive Zachariae
Dative Zachariae
Accusative Zachariān
Ablative Zachariā
Vocative Zachariā

References

  • “Zacharias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zacharias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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