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David
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Davíð Dávið Dávid Davìd
Translingual
Etymology
mul en David.
Noun
mul chess Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the d-file in algebraic notation.
References
FIDE Laws of Chess 2023
English
right|thumb|Michelangelo's sculpture of the Biblical figure David.
Etymology
en :inh enm:David<alt:David, Davyd, Davyde><ety:inh<ang:Dauid<alt:Dauid, David>>> ++
From en enm David, enm Davyd, enm Davyde, from en ang Dauid, ang David, from en la-lat Dāvīd, from en grc-koi Δαυῑ̈́δ, from en hbo דָּוִד dāwiḏ beloved.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdeɪvɪd/ /ˈdeɪvəd/
en en-us-David.ogg US
en en-uk-David.ogg UK
Proper noun
~
en male Hebrew.
en 1994 w:Caroline Knapp The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays 169 Counterpoint Press 2004 1582433135 David Copperfield. Dwight David Eisenhower. Michelangelo's David. None of these Davids would seem the same if their names were Dave. David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely.
en 2000 w:Anne Rice Merrick 157 Ballantine Books 2001 0-345-44395-0 Well, don't think I'll settle for so little, Mr. Talbot. Or should I call you David? I think you look like a David, you know, righteous and clean living and all of that.
en Andy Orin I'm David Baszucki, CEO of Roblox, and This Is How I Work w:LifeHacker https://lifehacker.com/im-david-baszucki-ceo-of-roblox-and-this-is-how-i-wor-1787404285 2016-10-12 David Baszucki created it ten years ago along with his cofounder Erik Cassel, and it’s gradually snowballed in popularity, particularly among kids and teenagers. https://web.archive.org/web/20240713163908/https://lifehacker.com/im-david-baszucki-ceo-of-roblox-and-this-is-how-i-wor-1787404285
en Chandelis Duster Parkland shooting survivor calls for House GOP leader to denounce Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/28/politics/david-hogg-marjorie-taylor-greene-cnntv/index.html 2021-01-28 Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg called on Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Thursday to denounce Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has faced intense criticism this week over incendiary remarks she made in recent years as well as a viral video in which she harasses Hogg. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418151855/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/28/politics/david-hogg-marjorie-taylor-greene-cnntv/index.html
en Q41370en biblical character The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon.
2 Samuel 23 1-2 David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
en 2009-05-31 Margareta Pagano David takes on Googliath for a slice of the profits in the online shopping world w:The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/david-takes-on-googliath-for-a-slice-of-the-profits-in-the-online-shopping-world-1693307.html It appears that even David can't go to battle without his Googliath. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306032939/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/david-takes-on-googliath-for-a-slice-of-the-profits-in-the-online-shopping-world-1693307.html
en 2014 w:Jimmy Carter Full Prisons and Legal Killing A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power https://archive.org/details/calltoactionwome0000cart/ w:Simon & Schuster 978-1-4767-7395-7 904254615 39 https://archive.org/details/calltoactionwome0000cart/page/39/ Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and misinterpreting Holy Scriptures and numerous examples of mercy. We remember God’s forgiveness of Cain, who killed Abel, and the adulterer King David, who arranged the killing of Uriah, the husband of Bathsheba, his lover.
en patronymics common in Wales, in honor of the ancient Saint David of Wales.
en rare en female, often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann).
A place name:
en city/capital p:suf/Chiriquí c/Panama.
en former unincorporated community co/Mitchell County s/Iowa c/USA.
en unincorporated community and coal town in co/Floyd County s/Kentucky c/USA.
en barangay mun/Mangaldan p/Pangasinan c/Philippines.
en barangay mun/San Jose p/Tarlac c/Philippines.
Derived terms
en Barton St David Camp David David-and-Goliath David City David HaMelech davidi Davidian Davidic Davidism Davidist davidite harp of David,King David's harp Mogen David Mount David Saint David Shield of David Son of David Star of David St Davids
Related terms
pet forms en Dave, en Davey, en Davie, en Davy; Davo (Australian)
feminine equivalent en Davina
en surnames Dade Daffey Daffy Dakin Daukes Davage Davidge Davids Davidson Davie Davies Davis Davison Davitt Davy Davys Daw Dawe Dawes Dawkes Dawkin Dawkins Daws Dawson Day Dayes Daykin Dayson Deason Devitt Deyes Dow Dowe Dowson McDade McDaid McDavid McDevitt McKevitt Taaffe
Descendants
ceb David
tl David
Translations
king of Israel
Aghwan: xag 𐔳𐔰𐕛𐔼𐔸
Albanian: sq David
Arabic: ar دَاوُد m dāwūd, ar دَاوُود m
Aramaic:
Lishana Deni: lsd דוד dāwiḏ, lsd דויד dāwiḏ
Syriac: syc ܕܘܝܕ
Armenian: hy Դաւիթ, hy Դավիթ
Bashkir: ba Дауыт
Bengali: bn দাউদ daud Islam, bn ডেভিড Christianity and Judaism
Bulgarian: bg Дави́д m
Cherokee: chr ᏕᏫ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 大衛, yue 達味 daat6 mei6 Catholic
Hakka: hak 大衛 Thai-ví
Hokkien: nan-hbl 大闢 Tāi-pi̍t, nan-hbl Ta-bi̍t
Mandarin: cmn 大衛, cmn 達味 Dáwèi Catholic
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: swb Daud
Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Daudu
Czech: cs David m
Danish: da David
Dutch: nl David
Esperanto: eo Davido
Estonian: et Taavet
Farefare: gur Adavidi, gur Davidi
Faroese: fo Dávid m
Finnish: fi Daavid
French: fr David
Old French: fro Davi, fro David
Friulian: fur Davide
Georgian: ka დავით, ka დავითი
German: de David
Gothic: got 𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌳
Greek: el Δαβίδ
Ancient Greek: grc Δαβίδ, grc Δᾱβείδ, grc Δᾱβῑ́δης, grc Δαυῑ̈́δ, grc Δαυείδ, grc Δαυῑ̈́δης
Gujarati: gu દાઉદ m dāud
Hausa: ha Dauda
Hawaiian: haw Dāvida
Hebrew: he דָּוִד davíd
Hindi: hi दाऊद m
Hungarian: hu Dávid
Indonesian: id Daud
Irish: ga Dáiví m
Italian: it Davide
Japanese: ja ダビデ Dabide
Kazakh: kk Дәуіт
Korean: ko ^다윗
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Dawid
Latvian: lv Dāvids m
Lisu: lis ꓓ-ꓪꓵ
Lithuanian: lt Dovydas
Macedonian: mk Давид
Malay: ms Daud
Malayalam: ml ദാവീദ്, ml ദവൂദ്
Manchu: mnc ᡩᠠᠪᡳᡨ, mnc ᡩᠠᠪᡳᡨ ᡥᠠᠨ
Māori: mi Rāwiri
Maranao: mrw Daod
Norwegian: no David
Odia: or ଦାଉଦ
Pashto: ps داوود m
Persian: fa داوود dâvud
Polish: pl Dawid
Portuguese: pt Davi m, pt David m
Punjabi: pa ਦਾਊਦ m
Russian: ru Дави́д
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Dávvet
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Краљ Давид
Latin: sh Kralj David
Sicilian: scn Davì m, scn David m, scn Dàviti m
Sindhi: sd دائود
Spanish: es David
Swahili: sw Daudi
Swedish: sv David
Tagalog: tl David ng Israel
Tajik: tg Довуд
Tamil: ta டேவிட், ta டவூட்
Tatar: tt Давыд
Tausug: tsg Daud
Telugu: te దావీదు
Tibetan: bo དཱ་བིད
Turkish: tr Davut
Ukrainian: uk Давид
Urdu: ur داؤد علیہ السلام
Uyghur: ug داۋۇت
Vietnamese: vi Đa-vít
Welsh: cy Dafydd m
Wolof: wo Daawuda
Yiddish: yi דוד doved
male given name
Afrikaans: af Dawid
Albanian: sq David, sq Dhavidh, sq Davud, sq Daud, sq Davut, sq Daut
Arabic: ar دَاوُود, ar دَيْفِيد
Aramaic:
Lishana Deni: lsd דוד dāwiḏ, lsd דויד dāwiḏ
Armenian: hy Դավիթ
Azerbaijani: az Devid
Bashkir: ba Дауыт
Belarusian: be Даві́д
Bengali: bn ডেভিড
Breton: br Dewi
Bulgarian: bg Дави́д m, bg Де́йвид m
Catalan: ca David m
Cherokee: chr ᏕᏫᏗ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 大衛/yue 大衞, yue 大卫 daai6 wai6, yue 戴維 daai3 wai4
Mandarin: cmn 大衛/cmn 大衞, cmn 大卫 Dàwèi, cmn 戴維 Dàiwéi
Czech: cs David m
Danish: da David
Dutch: nl David
Esperanto: eo Davido
Estonian: et Taavet, et Taavi
Faroese: fo Dávur m, fo Dávid m, fo Dávið m
Finnish: fi Taavetti, fi Taavi
French: fr David
Ge'ez: gez ዳዊት
Georgian: ka დავით
German: de David
Greek: el Ντέιβιντ, el Δαβίδ
Hausa: ha Dauda
Hawaiian: haw Kāwika
Hebrew: he דָּוִד davíd
Hindi: hi डेविड m
Hungarian: hu Dávid
Icelandic: is Davíð
Indonesian: id Daud, id David
Inuktitut: iu ᑖᕕᑦ
Irish: ga Dáibhí m, ga Dáithí m
Italian: it Davide
Japanese: ja デイヴィッド Deividdo, ja ダビド Dabido, ja デヴィッド Deviddo, ja デービッド
Kazakh: kk Дәуіт
Khmer: km ដាវីត daaviit
Kyrgyz: ky Дөөт
Latvian: lv Dāvids m
Lisu: lis ꓓ-ꓪꓵ
Lithuanian: lt Dovydas m, lt Deividas m
Macedonian: mk Давид, mk Дејвид only the English name
Malay: ms Daud
Maltese: mt David
Manx: gv Davy m
Māori: mi Rāwiri
Middle English: enm Dauid
Nepali: ne डेभिड
Norwegian: no David
Old English: ang Dauid
Old Norse: non Dáfinnr m, non Dáfiðr, non Dáviðr
Old Nubian: onw ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ, onw ⲇⲁⲇ
Persian: fa دیوید deyvid
Polish: pl Dawid m
Portuguese: pt Davi m, pt David m, pt Deivid m
Russian: ru Дави́д, ru Давы́д m, only the English name ru Дэ́йвид m
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Dávvet
Skolt Sami: sms Daaʹved
Scots: sco Dauvit, sco Dauid
Scottish Gaelic: gd Dàibhidh
Sicilian: scn Davì m, scn David m, scn Dàviti m
Slovak: sk Dávid m
Spanish: es David
Swedish: sv David
Tajik: tg Довуд
Turkish: tr Davut
Uyghur: ug داۋۇت
Welsh: cy Dafydd, cy Dewi, cy Dewydd
Yiddish: yi דוד doved
Noun
+
en figuratively A person or group considered unlikely to prevail; an underdog.
en little man
en Goliath
en 1909 William Denison Lyman The Columbia River: Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce G. P. Putnam's Sons https://archive.org/details/columbiariverits00lymauoft 185 But the essential forces were the American immigrant, the American missionary, the Declaration of Independence, and the ox-team. Those were the champions of America. They were the Davids against the Goliaths of British monopoly.
en 1997 Nathan Gardels The Changing Global Order: World Leaders Reflect Blackwell Publishers 1-57718-072-0 https://archive.org/details/isbn_1577180720 191 Will Microsoft rule the alternative to the mass media, the Net? Or, as always before in history, will local Davids arise to challenge the global Goliaths?
en 2001 Adam Harmes Unseen Power Stoddart Publishing 0-7737-3283-7 https://archive.org/details/unseenpowerhowmu0000harm_s7r2 144 In their quest for a villain, the media were assisted by politicians who wanted to avoid being put into the slot themselves. On the contrary, they wanted to be portrayed as the underdogs, the democratic Davids fighting the valiant but ultimately hopeless battle against the financial Goliaths.
en 2015 Porter Erisman Alibaba's World: How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business Palgrave Macmillan 978-1-250-06987-0 https://archive.org/details/alibabasworldhow0000eris 104 Our strategy to engage eBay in a war of words had created a lot of media buzz within China. Positioning ourselves as a local David fighting the US Goliath, we intended to educate the market about e-commerce and attract people to Taobao to give consumer e-commerce a chance.
en unisex given names
Albanian
Proper noun
m
sq male
Declension
Catalan
Pronunciation
ca it 2
Proper noun
m
ca male David Hebrew
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en David, from ceb grc-koi Δαυῑ̈́δ, from the ceb hbo דָּוִד dāwiḏ beloved. Also from ceb es David.
Pronunciation
ceb Da vid
ceb
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb male English,Spanish
ceb biblical character en David
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an
cs male David Hebrew
Declension
m.an
Danish
Pronunciation
da id 2
Proper noun
da biblical character en David
da male
Related terms
surname da Davidsen
da Biblical characters
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Davied
Etymology
Ultimately from nl la-lat Dāvīd, from nl grc-koi Δαυῑ̈́δ, from nl hbo דָּוִד dāwiḏ. Some people go by the English pronunciation, from nl en David.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈdaː.vɪt/ /ˈdeː.vɪt/ depending on person
nl Nl-David.ogg
nl Da vid
Proper noun
m
nl biblical character en David
nl male Hebrew David
nl patronymics
Derived terms
nl Davidisch Davids
Related terms
pet forms nl Daaf, nl Daav
Descendants
af Dawid
French
Pronunciation
[d:d_] + archaic or regional
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-David.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-David.wav France
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-David.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Proper noun
m
fr biblical character en David
fr male David Hebrew
fr patronymics
Derived terms
fr étoile de David
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈdaːvɪt/ normal
de [ˈdäːvɪt] most regions
de [ˈdäːvit] Bavaria, Austria
de /ˈdaːˌviːt/ some speakers in the very north of Germany
de De-at David.ogg Austria
de De-David.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Da vid
Proper noun
m
de biblical character David
de male David Hebrew
Declension
m.sg
Derived terms
de Davidstern m Star of David
Hungarian
Pronunciation
david
hu Da vid
hu id 2
Proper noun
hu proper noun
en David
Declension
Davide eDavid j jei
Italian
it:
Etymology 1
it la-lat Dāvīd, from it grc-koi Δαυῑ̈́δ, from it hbo דָּוִד dāwiḏ.
Pronunciation
Dàvid<r:DiPI<<name:dipi>>>
Proper noun
m
it male Davide
Etymology 2
it :bor en:David
it en David.
Pronunciation
Dèvid,Dévid<r:<<name:dipi>>>
Proper noun
m
it en male given name
References
Kapampangan
Pronunciation
Davíd
pam Da vid
Etymology 1
pam :bor es:David + ++
Proper noun
Davíd
pam Biblical character en David
pam male Spanish
Etymology 2
pam.
pam From pam dauit?
Proper noun
Davíd
pam common
Lashi
Etymology
Ultimately from lsi hbo דָּוִד dāwiḏ.
Pronunciation
lsi Da vid
Proper noun
lsi proper noun
David biblical character
10 14 19 David gi nyang꞉ ri «He꞉ mooˮ zooˮ nang ri Yoab koid nhang꞉ anghoid laˮ» ga꞉ myid꞉ bye꞉. David asked her: «Joab made you do this deed, did he not?» 879
lsi Biblical characters
Latin
Etymology
la Dāvīd :bor grc-koi:Δαυῑ̈́δ 2 ++
Pronunciation
Dāvīd
Proper noun
((Dāvīd<0.M>,Dāvīd<3.M.Greek>,Dāvīd<3.M>))
en David
la This produces "Regum.Caput" where no dot belongs. la Vulgata Clementina Liber I Regum Caput 20 3 Et iuravit rursum Davidi. And he swore again to David.
Declension
((Dāvīd<0.M>,Dāvīd<3.M.Greek>,Dāvīd<3.M>)) Generally indeclinable, but occasionally declined in the third declension.
Derived terms
la Dāvīdius Dāvīdicus
Descendants
ca David
ang Dauid
fr David
de David
it Davide
sga Dauid
scn Davì
es David
wlm Dauyð
cy Dafydd
References
Maltese
Etymology
mt it Davide, from mt la-lat Dāvīd, from mt grc-koi Δαυῑ̈́δ, from mt hbo דָּוִד dāwiḏ. The alternative pronunciation from mt en David, from the same source.
Pronunciation
mt /ˈdaː.vɪt/ traditional; still always for the King David
mt /ˈdɛj.vɪt/ predominantly as a contemporary name
mt aːvɪt ɛjvɪt 2
Noun
proper noun m
en David given name
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no biblical character en David
no male David Hebrew
Portuguese
Etymology
Ultimately from pt hbo דָּוִד dāwiḏ. pt Davi Deivid.
Pronunciation
Davide,Deivídi^ Davide
pt Da vid
Proper noun
m
pt male David
pt biblical character en David king of Judah
Related terms
pt davídico
Romanian
Etymology
ro :bor cu:Давꙑдъ<ety:uder<grc-koi:Δαυῑ̈́δ>> 3 1
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-David.wav
Proper noun
m
ro village commune/Văleni county/Neamț c/Romania
ro male Ancient Greek David
ro
Spanish
Etymology
es :inh la-lat:Dāvīd 3 ++
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es biblical character en David
es male David Hebrew
Descendants
pam David
tl David
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
From sv la-lat Dāvīd, from sv grc-koi Δαυῑ̈́δ, from sv hbo דָּוִד dāwiḏ. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in runes around 1200.
Pronunciation
sv /²dɑːvɪd/ /¹dɑːvɪd/
Interjection
sv interjection
The letter "D" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
Proper noun
c
sv biblical character en David
sv male David Hebrew
Related terms
surnames sv Davidsson
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 51 009 males with the given name David living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Tagalog
Etymology 1
tl :bor English en:David ++ 1
Pronunciation
Deyvid +
Proper noun
Deybid
tl Biblical character en David
tl male English
Etymology 2
tl :bor Spanish es:David ++ 1
The surname was tl pam David 1. tl.
Pronunciation
Davíd
Proper noun
Davíd +
tl Biblical character en David
tl male Spanish
tl pam surname