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==German==
==German==

===Etymology===
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{{bor+|de|LL.|Ābraham}}, from {{der|de|grc|Ἀβραάμ}}, from {{der|de|he|אַבְרָהָם||tr=aḇrāˈhām|Abraham}}.


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See also: Abrahám, Ábrahám, Abrahàm, Ábraham, and abraham

English

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Abraham Sends Hagar and Ishmael Away (Gen. 21:1-14)

Etymology

From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, “Abraham”). Glossed as אַב (aḇ, “father of”) + הֲמוֹן (hăˈmōn, “multitude of”) in Genesis 17:4–5; or from Hebrew אַבְרָם ('aḇrām, “Abram”). Doublet of Ibrahim.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value RP is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value US is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value poetic is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹæm/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Abraham (plural Abrahams)

  1. (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'i) A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch who preached monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac and the Arab patriarch Ishmael. [First attested prior to 1150.][1]
    Synonyms: Abram, Ibrahim
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 17:5, column 2:
      Neither ſhall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name ſhall bee Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.
    • 1980, Werner Keller, chapter 7, in William Neil, transl., The Bible as History, page 93:
      As one would expect of caravan people around 1900 B.C., the caravan people depicted in the Khnum-hotpe grave had donkeys, whereas the Bible says that Abraham and his people, who according to the traditional interpretation are supposed to have lived at the same period, already possessed camels.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew. [First attested prior to 1150.][1]
    • 1961, Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night, Dell, published 1975, page 28:
      "Lincoln wasn't a Jew, was he?" he said. "I'm sure not," I said. […] "The name Abraham is very suspicious, to say the least," said Goebbels. "I'm sure his parents didn't realize that it was a Jewish name," I said. "They must have just liked the sound of it. They were simple frontier people. If they'd known the name was Jewish, I'm sure they would have called him something more American, like George or Stanley or Fred."
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic. [First attested prior to 1150.][1]
  4. The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Abraham (plural Abrahams)

  1. (archaic, British slang, chiefly London) A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London.[2][3]
    Synonym: slopshop

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abraham”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.
  2. ^ Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “Abraham”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 7.
  3. ^ John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “Abraham”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 9.

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, “Abraham”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abraham m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham
  2. (biblical) Abraham

Derived terms

Cebuano

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Etymology

From English Abraham and Spanish Abraham, from Late Latin Ābraham, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (avrahám, “Abraham”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: A‧bra‧ham

Proper noun

Abraham

  1. a male given name from English
  2. (biblical) Abraham

Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abraham m anim

  1. (biblical) Abraham (a prophet in the Old Testament)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham

Declension

Declension of Abraham (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Abraham Abrahamové
genitive Abrahama Abrahamů
dative Abrahamovi, Abrahamu Abrahamům
accusative Abrahama Abrahamy
vocative Abrahame Abrahamové
locative Abrahamovi, Abrahamu Abrahamech
instrumental Abrahamem Abrahamy

Further reading

  • Abraham in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Abrahám in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.braːˌɦɑm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Abra‧ham

Proper noun

Abraham m

  1. Abraham (Biblical character, presented as ancestral to many western Semitic peoples)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham

Derived terms

Ewe

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abraham

  1. (biblical) Abraham
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham

Quotations

  • Eʋe Biblia (Bible Society of Ghana) — Eyata womagayɔ wò bena Abram akpɔ o, ke boŋ Abraham anye wò ŋkɔ. Mose I 17:5

French

Etymology

From Latin Ābrahām.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abraham m

  1. (biblical) Abraham
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Ābraham, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (aḇrāˈhām, “Abraham”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːbʁaˌha(ː)m/
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːbʁa(ː)m/ (often in fluent speech, not usually in isolation)
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Abraham m (proper noun, strong, genitive Abrahams)

  1. (biblical) Abraham
  2. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham

Icelandic

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Proper noun

Abraham m

  1. a male given name

Declension

declension of Abraham
m-s1 singular
indefinite
nominative Abraham
accusative Abraham
dative Abraham
genitive Abrahams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ābrahām m (variously declined, genitive Ābrahām or Ābrahae); indeclinable, first declension

  1. (biblical) Abraham

Declension

Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun (nominative/vocative singular in -ām), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ābrahām
Genitive Ābrahām
Ābrahae
Dative Ābrahām
Ābrahae
Accusative Ābrahām
Ablative Ābrahām
Ābrahā
Vocative Ābrahām

References

  • “Abraham”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Abraham in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Abramo, from Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām). The insertion of the mute -h- in the spelling directly after the Hebrew form; compare Għesaw (“Esau”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abraham m

  1. (chiefly biblical) Abraham (male personal name)

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English Abraham.

Proper noun

Abraham

  1. Abraham (prophet)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham

Descendants

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Ābrahām.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːb.rɑˌxɑːm/, [ˈɑːb.rɑˌhɑːm]

Proper noun

Ābrahām m

  1. Abraham

Declension

Declension of Abraham (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative Ābrahām Ābrahāmas
accusative Ābrahām Ābrahāmas
genitive Ābrahāmes Ābrahāma
dative Ābrahāme Ābrahāmum

Descendants

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (aḇrāˈhām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abˈra.xam/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -axam
  • Syllabification: Ab‧ra‧ham

Proper noun

Abraham m pers

  1. (biblical) Abraham
  2. (rare) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Abraham

Declension

Declension of Abraham
singular plural
nominative Abraham Abrahamowie
genitive Abrahama Abrahamów
dative Abrahamowi Abrahamom
accusative Abrahama Abrahamów
instrumental Abrahamem Abrahamami
locative Abrahamie Abrahamach
vocative Abrahamie Abrahamowie

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
surnames

Further reading

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abraham

  1. (biblical) Abraham

References

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈbɾam/ [aˈβ̞ɾãm]
  • IPA(key): /abɾaˈam/ [a.β̞ɾaˈãm]
  • Syllabification: A‧bra‧ham

Proper noun

Abraham m

  1. (biblical) Abraham
    • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 17:5:
      Y no se llamará más tu nombre Abram, sino que será tu nombre Abraham, porque te he puesto por padre de muchedumbre de gentes.
      Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. (KJV)
  2. (rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham

Further reading

Swedish

Proper noun

Abraham c (genitive Abrahams)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham
  2. (biblical) Abraham

Walloon

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abraham

  1. Alternative form of Abråm
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