Jach

See also: jach

English

Etymology

From Polish Jach or Czech Jach.

Proper noun

Jach (plural Jachs)

1. A surname from Polish.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjax]

Proper noun

Jach m anim (female equivalent Jachová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Jach (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Jach	Jachové
genitive	Jacha	Jachů
dative	Jachovi	Jachům
accusative	Jacha	Jachy
vocative	Jachu	Jachové
locative	Jachovi	Jaších
instrumental	Jachem	Jachy

Further reading

• “Jach”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German joch, from Old High German joh, from Proto-Germanic *juką. Cognate with German Joch, Dutch juk, English yoke, Icelandic ok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaχ/, [jɑχ]
• Rhymes: -ɑχ

Noun

Jach n (plural Jachen)

1. yoke
   • Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 11:30:

     Mäi Jach ass nämlech net schwéier ze droen, a meng Laascht ass liicht.

     For my yoke is not hard to carry, and my burden is light.

Polish

Etymology

From truncation of personal names beginning with Ja- (e.g. Jan, Jakub, and Jacenty) + -ch.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈjax/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈjax/

• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: Jach

Proper noun

Jach m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Jach

	singular	plural
nominative	Jach	Jachowie
genitive	Jacha	Jachów
dative	Jachowi	Jachom
accusative	Jacha	Jachów
instrumental	Jachem	Jachami
locative	Jachu	Jachach
vocative	Jachu	Jachowie

Proper noun

Jach f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Derived terms

• Jachowa
• Jachówna

 

Further reading

• “Jach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “Jach”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 132