Josif

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Іѡсифъ (Iosifŭ), from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yōsép). Doublet of Josip and Jusuf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jǒsif/
  • Hyphenation: Jo‧sif

Proper noun

Jòsif m anim (Cyrillic spelling Јо̀сиф)

  1. (biblical) Joseph
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

Declension

Declension of Josif
singular
nominative Josif
genitive Josifa
dative Josifu
accusative Josifa
vocative Josife
locative Josifu
instrumental Josifom

Further reading

  • “Josif”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026
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