Israelita

See also: israelita and israelită

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της (Isrāēlī́tēs, “Israelite”), from Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl, “Israel”), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʼēl, “Israel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /is.raː.eːˈliː.ta/, [ɪs̠räːeːˈlʲiːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /is.ra.eˈli.ta/, [isräeˈliːt̪ä]

Noun

Isrāēlīta m (genitive Isrāēlītae); first declension

1. Israelite; Jew; Hebrew

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs or non-Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	Isrāēlītēs Isrāēlīta	Isrāēlītae
genitive	Isrāēlītae	Isrāēlītārum
dative	Isrāēlītae	Isrāēlītīs
accusative	Isrāēlītēn Isrāēlītam	Isrāēlītās
ablative	Isrāēlītē Isrāēlītā	Isrāēlītīs
vocative	Isrāēlītē Isrāēlīta	Isrāēlītae

Descendants

• → English: Israelite
• French: Israélite
• → Irish: Iosraeilíteach
• Italian: israelita
• Polish: Izraelita
• Portuguese: israelita
• Spanish: israelita

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish israelita, from Late Latin Isrāēlīta (“Israelite”), from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της (Isrāēlī́tēs, “Israelite”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔisɾaʔeˈlita/ [ʔɪs.ɾɐ.ʔɛˈliː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: Is‧ra‧e‧li‧ta

Adjective

Israelita (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇᜁᜎᜒᜆ)

1. Israelite

Noun

Israelita (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇᜁᜎᜒᜆ)

1. Israelite (person)

Related terms

• Israel

Further reading

• “Israelita”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018