[ˈjɔ.kʊs], [ˈjɔː.kus]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *jokos, from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak”). Compare Old High German jehan, Welsh iaith, Breton yezh. Possibly cognate with English Yule, Danish jul, Norwegian Bokmål jul, Swedish jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol.
Compare typologically Russian прибау́тка (pribaútka) (akin to ба́ять (bájatʹ), ба́йка (bájka)).
- declension-2, masculinea joke, jest
- declension-2, masculinea form of amusement
- declension-2, masculinepastime, sport
Formaeiocī(genitive) · iocus(nominative, singular) · iocī(nominative, plural) · ioca(nominative, plural) · iocī(genitive, singular) · iocōrum(genitive, plural) · iocō(dative, singular) · iocīs(dative, plural) · iocum(accusative, singular) · iocōs(accusative, plural) · ioca(accusative, plural) · iocō(ablative, singular) · iocīs(ablative, plural) · ioce(singular, vocative) · iocī(plural, vocative) · ioca(plural, vocative)