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Abigail
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abigail Abigaíl
English
Etymology
From en he אֲבִיגַיִל Abigail my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy avigáyil.
Pronunciation
en /ˈæb.ə.ɡeɪl/ US
en en-us-Abigail.mp3 GA
Proper noun
s
en Q4416778en biblical character The wife of Nabal and later of David in the Old Testament.
1 Samuel 25 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of beautiful countenance; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings.
en female Hebrew, used since the 16th century, and currently quite popular.
1912 Edith Tunis Sale: Old Time Belles and Cavaliers. J.B.Lippincott 1912. page 178:
The name of Abigail Adams is naturally closely associated with those of her illustrious father and mother, - - - Born in 1765, the mother's quaint Christian name was given to the little girl
en Luke Broadwater Spanberger Announces Run for Governor in Virginia, Leaving House Seat in Play w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/us/politics/abigail-spanberger-virginia-governor.html 2023-11-13 Representative Abigail Spanberger, a prominent Virginia Democrat who was repeatedly able to win in a conservative-leaning district, announced on Monday that she would run for governor in 2025, leaving open a competitive seat that could be crucial to her party’s efforts to win back control of the House next year. https://web.archive.org/web/20231114052712/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/us/politics/abigail-spanberger-virginia-governor.html
Related terms
pet forms en Abbey, en Abbi, en Abbie, en Abby, en Abi, en Gail, en Gayle
rare non-standard spellings en Abbigail, en Abbygail, en Abigale, en Abbigale, en Abigayle
Translations
biblical wife of David
Arabic: ar أَبِيجَايِل f
Catalan: ca Abigail
Dutch: nl Abigaïl
Finnish: fi Abigail
French: fr Abigaïl, fr Abigail, fr Abigaël, fr Abigael
German: de Abigail, de Abigajil
Greek: el Αβιγαία f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀβιγαία
Hebrew: he אֲבִיגָיִל ʾĂḇîḡáyil
Hindi: hi अबीगैल f
Hungarian: hu Abigél
Italian: it Abigail
Kazakh: kk Әбигел
Polish: pl Abigail f
Portuguese: pt Abigail
Russian: ru Авиге́я f
Spanish: es Abigaíl
Swedish: sv Abigail
female given name
Catalan: ca Abigail
Danish: da Abigail, da Abigael
Dutch: nl Abigail, nl Abigaïl
French: fr Abigaïl, fr Abigaël, fr Abigaëlle
German: de Abigail
Hawaiian: haw ʻApikaʻila
Hebrew: he אביגיל avigáyil
Hindi: hi अबीगैल f
Hungarian: hu Abigél
Italian: it Abigaille
Polish: pl Abigail f
Portuguese: pt Abigail
Russian: ru Абиге́ль f, ru Абиге́йл f, ru А́биге́л f, ru Э́бигейл f, ru Авиге́я f
Spanish: es Abigaíl, es Abigail
Swedish: sv Abigail
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
cs female
Declension
f.an
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f Abigaís
pt biblical en Abigail wife of David
pt female Hebrew Abigail
pt Biblical characters
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Abigail<ety:uder<he:אֲבִיגַיִל<t:Abigail><tr:avigáyil><lit:my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy>>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Ábigeyl A.bi.gail LL-Q34057 (tgl)-Geoffjop0908-Abigail.wav
Proper noun
Ábigaíl abigeyl
tl female English