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David

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See also: Davíð, Dávið, Dávid, and Davìd
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Translingual

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English David.

Noun

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David

  1. (chess) Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the d-file in algebraic notation.

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Michelangelo's sculpture of the Biblical figure David.

Etymology

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From Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde, from Old English Dauid, David, from Latin David, Davidus, from Koine Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), Δαβίδ (Dabíd), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew דּוד (Dāwîḏ, literally “beloved”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdeɪvɪd/, /ˈdeɪvəd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Proper noun

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David (countable and uncountable, plural Davids)

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
    • 1994, Caroline Knapp, The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays, Counterpoint Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 169:
      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.
    • 2000, Anne Rice, Merrick, Ballantine Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 157:
      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.
    • 2021 January 28, Chandelis Duster, “Parkland shooting survivor calls for House GOP leader to denounce Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene”, in CNN‎[1]:
      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.
  3. (biblical) 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.
  4. A surname originating as a patronymic common in Wales, in honor of the ancient Saint David of Wales.
  5. (rare) A female given name, often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann).
  6. A place name:
    1. A city, the capital of Chiriquí province, Panama.
    2. A former unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States.
    3. An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
    4. A barangay of Mangaldan, Pangasinan, Philippines.
    5. A barangay of San Jose, Tarlac, Philippines.

Derived terms

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surnames

Translations

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Noun

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David (plural Davids)

  1. (figuratively) A person or group considered unlikely to prevail; an underdog.
    Synonym: little man
    Coordinate term: Goliath
    • 1909, William Denison Lyman, The Columbia River: Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce‎[3], G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 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.
    • 1997, Nathan Gardels, editor, The Changing Global Order: World Leaders Reflect‎[4], Blackwell Publishers, →ISBN, page 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?
    • 2001, Adam Harmes, Unseen Power‎[5], Stoddart Publishing, →ISBN, page 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.
    • 2015, Porter Erisman, Alibaba's World: How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business‎[6], Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 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.

Albanian

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Proper noun

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David m

  1. a male given name

Declension

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Declension of David
singular
indefinite definite
nominative David Davidi
accusative Davidin
dative/ablative Davidi Davidit

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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David m

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English David, from Koine Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), Δαβίδ (Dabíd), from the Biblical Hebrew דּוד (Dāwîḏ, literally “beloved”). Also from Spanish David.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Da‧vid
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Proper noun

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David

  1. a male given name from English or Spanish
  2. (biblical) David

Czech

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David m anim

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David

Declension

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Declension of David (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative David Davidové
genitive Davida Davidů
dative Davidovi, Davidu Davidům
accusative Davida Davidy
vocative Davide Davidové
locative Davidovi, Davidu Davidech
instrumental Davidem Davidy

Danish

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David

  1. (biblical) David
  2. a male given name
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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin David, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdaː.vɪt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Proper noun

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David m

  1. (biblical) David
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David
  3. a surname originating as a patronymic

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: Dawid

French

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David m

  1. (biblical) David
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David
  3. a surname originating as a patronymic

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdaːvɪt/ (normal)
    • IPA(key): [ˈdäːvɪt] (most regions)
    • IPA(key): [ˈdäːvit] (Bavaria, Austria)
  • IPA(key): /ˈdaːˌviːt/ (some speakers in the very north of Germany)
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Proper noun

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David m (proper noun, strong, genitive Davids)

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

Declension

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Declension of David [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der David
genitive eines des Davids
dative einem dem David
accusative einen den David

Derived terms

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒvid]
  • Hyphenation: Da‧vid
  • Rhymes: -id

Proper noun

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David

  1. David

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative David Davidek
accusative Davidet Davideket
dative Davidnek Davideknek
instrumental Daviddel Davidekkel
causal-final Davidért Davidekért
translative Daviddé Davidekké
terminative Davidig Davidekig
essive-formal Davidként Davidekként
essive-modal — —
inessive Davidben Davidekben
superessive Daviden Davideken
adessive Davidnél Davideknél
illative Davidbe Davidekbe
sublative Davidre Davidekre
allative Davidhez Davidekhez
elative Davidből Davidekből
delative Davidről Davidekről
ablative Davidtől Davidektől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		Davidé Davideké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		Davidéi Davidekéi
Possessive forms of David
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Davidem Davidjeim
2nd person sing. Davided Davidjeid
3rd person sing. Davidje Davidjei
1st person plural Davidünk Davidjeink
2nd person plural Davidetek Davidjeitek
3rd person plural Davidjük Davidjeik

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin Dāvīd, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Hebrew דָּוִד (davíd).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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David m

  1. a male given name, variant of Davide

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English David.

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David m

  1. a male given name in English

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 David in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Kapampangan

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dəˈbid/ [dəˈbiːd]
  • Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish David.

Proper noun

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Davíd

  1. (biblical) David
  2. a male given name from Spanish

Etymology 2

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Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From dauit?”)

Proper noun

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Davíd

  1. a common surname

Lashi

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew דּוד.

Pronunciation

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  • (Waingmaw) IPA(key): [da˧˧.vit̚˧˧]
  • Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Proper noun

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David

  1. David (biblical character)
    • 2005, “2 Samuela 14:19 [2 Samuel 14:19]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎[7], page 879:
      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?»

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (Davíd).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Dāvīd m (indeclinable) and Dāvīd m sg (genitive Dāvīdis); third declension

  1. David
    • (Can we clean up(+) this sense? (This produces "Regum.Caput" where no dot belongs.))
      Vulgata Clementina Liber I Regum.Caput 20.3:
      Et iuravit rursum Davidi.
      And he swore again to David.

Declension

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Normally indeclinable, but third declension forms occasionally occur.

singular
nominative Dāvīd
genitive Dāvīdis
dative Dāvīdī
accusative Dāvīda
Dāvīdem
ablative Dāvīde
vocative Dāvīd

Derived terms

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References

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“David” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian Davide, from Latin David, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Hebrew דָּוִד (davíd). The alternative pronunciation from English David, from the same source.

Pronunciation

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(predominantly as a contemporary name)

Noun

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David m

  1. David (given name)

Norwegian

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Proper noun

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David

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

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Hebrew דּוד. Doublet of Davi and Deivid.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /daˈvi.d͡ʒi/, /dejˈvi.d͡ʒi/ [deɪ̯ˈvi.d͡ʒi], /dejˈvid͡ʒ/ [deɪ̯ˈvid͡ʒ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /daˈvi.de/, /dejˈvid͡ʒ/ [deɪ̯ˈvid͡ʒ], /dejˈvi.d͡ʒi/ [deɪ̯ˈvi.d͡ʒi]
 

  • Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Proper noun

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David m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English David
  2. (biblical) David (king of Judah)
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Давꙑдъ (Davydŭ), from Koine Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), Δαβίδ (Dabíd), from Biblical Hebrew דּוד (Dāwîḏ, literally “beloved”).

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David m

  1. a village in Văleni, Neamț County, Romania
  2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English David
  3. a surname

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /daˈbid/ [d̪aˈβ̞ið̞]
  • Rhymes: -id
  • Syllabification: Da‧vid

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David m

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

Further reading

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Vulgate Latin David, ultimately of Hebrew origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in runes around 1200.

Interjection

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David

  1. The letter "D" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

Proper noun

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David c (genitive Davids)

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

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [8] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English David.

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David (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

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

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish David.

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Davíd (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

  1. (biblical) David
  2. a male given name from Spanish

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Kapampangan David. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

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Davíd (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

  1. a surname in Kapampangan
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