Borrowed fromEnglish David .
David
( chess ) Spoken by aplayer during amatch with one or morevisually impaired players to indicate the d-file inalgebraic notation . Michelangelo's sculpture of the Biblical figureDavid . FromMiddle English David ,Davyd ,Davyde , fromOld English Dauid ,David , fromLatin David ,Davidus , fromKoine Greek Δαυίδ ( Dauíd ) ,Δαβίδ ( Dabíd ) , borrowed fromBiblical Hebrew דּוד ( Dāwîḏ , literally“ beloved ” ) .
David (countable anduncountable ,plural Davids )
A malegiven name from Hebrew .1994 ,Caroline Knapp ,The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays , Counterpoint Press, published2004 ,→ISBN , page169 :David Copperfield. DwightDavid Eisenhower. Michelangelo'sDavid . None of theseDavids 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, published2001 ,→ISBN , page157 :Well, don't think I'll settle for so little, Mr. Talbot. Or should I call youDavid ? I think you look like aDavid , 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”, inCNN [1] :Parkland shooting survivorDavid 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.
( biblical ) Thesecond king ofJudah andIsrael , thesuccessor of KingSaul in theHebrew Bible ; the son ofJesse and the father ofNathan and KingSolomon .1611 ,The Holy Bible, [ … ] (King James Version ), London: [ … ] Robert Barker , [ … ] ,→OCLC ,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.
2014 ,Jimmy Carter , “Full Prisons and Legal Killing”, inA Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power [2] ,Simon & Schuster ,→ISBN ,→OCLC ,page39 :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 KingDavid , who arranged the killing of Uriah, the husband of Bathsheba, his lover.
Asurname originating as a patronymic common in Wales, in honor of the ancientSaint David of Wales .( rare ) A femalegiven name , often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g.David Ann ).A place name:Acity , thecapital ofChiriquí province,Panama . A formerunincorporated community inMitchell County ,Iowa ,United States . Anunincorporated community and coal town inFloyd County ,Kentucky ,United States . Abarangay ofMangaldan ,Pangasinan ,Philippines . Abarangay ofSan Jose ,Tarlac ,Philippines . king of Israel
Aghwan:𐔳𐔰𐕛𐔼𐔸 ( davit ) Albanian:David Arabic:دَاوُد (ar) m ( dāwūd ) ,دَاوُود m ( dāwūd ) Aramaic:Syriac:ܕܘܝܕ Armenian:Դաւիթ ( Dawitʻ ) ,Դավիթ ( Davitʻ ) Bashkir:Дауыт ( Dawıt ) Bengali:দাউদ (bn) ( daud ) ( Islam ) ,ডেভিড ( ḍebhiḍ ) ( Christianity and Judaism ) Bulgarian:Дави́д m ( Davíd ) Chinese:Cantonese:大衛 / 大卫 ( daai6 wai6 ) ,達味 / 达味 ( daat6 mei6 ) ( Catholic ) Hakka:大衛 / 大卫 ( Thai-ví ) Hokkien:大闢 / 大辟 ( Tāi-pi̍t ) ,Ta-bi̍t Mandarin:大衛 / 大卫 (zh) ( Dàwèi ) ,達味 / 达味 (zh) ( Dáwèi ) ( Catholic ) Czech:David (cs) m Danish:David Dutch:David (nl) Esperanto:Davido Estonian:Taavet Farefare:Adavidi ,Davidi Faroese:Dávid m Finnish:Daavid (fi) French:David (fr) Old French:Davi ,David Friulian:Davide Georgian:დავით ( davit ) ,დავითი (ka) ( daviti ) German:David (de) Gothic:𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌳 ( daweid ) Greek:Δαβίδ (el) ( Davíd ) Gujarati:દાઉદ m ( dāud ) Hausa:Dauda (ha) Hawaiian:Dāvida Hebrew:דָּוִד (he) ( davíd ) Hindi:दाऊद m ( dāūd ) ,दाउद (hi) m ( dāud ) Hungarian:Dávid (hu) Indonesian:Daud Irish:Dáiví m Italian:Davide (it) Japanese:ダビデ ( Dabide ) Kazakh:Дәуіт ( Däuıt ) Korean:다윗 ( Dawit ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:Dawid (ku) Latvian:Dāvids m Lishana Deni:דוד ( dāwiḏ ) ,דויד ( dāwiḏ ) Lisu:ꓓ-ꓪꓵ ( dɑ-wy ) Lithuanian:Dovydas Macedonian:Давид ( David ) Malay:Daud Malayalam:ദാവീദ് ( dāvīdŭ ) ,ദവൂദ് ( davūdŭ ) Manchu:ᡩᠠᠪᡳᡨ ( dabit ) ,ᡩᠠᠪᡳᡨ ᡥᠠᠨ ( dabit han ) Maore Comorian:Daud Maori:Rāwiri Maranao:Daod Ngazidja Comorian:Daudu Northern Sami:Dávvet Norwegian:David (no) Odia:ଦାଉଦ ( dāuda ) Pashto:داوود m Persian:داوود ( dâvud ) Polish:Dawid (pl) Portuguese:Davi (pt) m ,David m Punjabi:ਦਾਊਦ m ( dāūda ) Russian:Дави́д (ru) ( Davíd ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:Краљ Давид Roman:Kralj David Sicilian:Davì m ,David m ,Dàviti m Sindhi:دائود Spanish:David (es) Swahili:Daudi Swedish:David (sv) Tagalog:David ng Israel Tajik:Довуд (tg) ( Dovud ) Tamil:டேவிட் ( ṭēviṭ ) ,டவூட் ( ṭavūṭ ) Tatar:Давыд ( Dawıd ) Tausug:Daud Telugu:దావీదు ( dāvīdu ) Tibetan:དཱ་བིད ( dā bid ) Turkish:Davut (tr) Ukrainian:Давид ( Davyd ) Urdu:داؤد علیہ السلام Uyghur:داۋۇت ( dawut ) Vietnamese:Đa-vít Welsh:Dafydd m Wolof:Daawuda Yiddish:דוד ( doved )
male given name
Afrikaans:Dawid Albanian:David ,Dhavidh ,Davud ,Daud ,Davut ,Daut Arabic:دَاوُود ( dāwūd ) ,دَيْفِيد ( dayfīd ) Armenian:Դավիթ ( Davitʻ ) Azerbaijani:Devid Bashkir:Дауыт ( Dawıt ) Belarusian:Даві́д ( Davíd ) Bengali:ডেভিড ( ḍebhiḍ ) Breton:Dewi Bulgarian:Дави́д m ( Davíd ) ,Де́йвид m ( Déjvid ) Catalan:David (ca) m Cherokee:ᏕᏫᏗ ( dewidi ) Chinese:Cantonese:大衛 / 大卫 ( daai6 wai6 ) /大衞 / 大卫 ( daai6 wai6 ) ,大卫 ( daai6 wai6 ) ,戴維 / 戴维 ( daai3 wai4 ) Mandarin:大衛 / 大卫 (zh) ( Dàwèi ) /大衞 / 大卫 (zh) ( Dàwèi ) ,大卫 (zh) ( Dàwèi ) ,戴維 / 戴维 ( Dàiwéi ) Czech:David (cs) m Danish:David Dutch:David (nl) Esperanto:Davido Estonian:Taavet ,Taavi Faroese:Dávur m ,Dávid m ,Dávið m Finnish:Taavetti (fi) ,Taavi (fi) French:David (fr) Ge'ez:ዳዊት ( dawit ) Georgian:დავით ( davit ) German:David (de) Greek:Ντέιβιντ (el) ( Ntéivint ) ,Δαβίδ (el) ( Davíd ) Hausa:Dauda (ha) Hawaiian:Kāwika Hebrew:דָּוִד (he) ( davíd ) Hindi:दाउद (hi) m ( dāud ) ,दाऊद m ( dāūd ) Hungarian:Dávid (hu) Icelandic:Davíð (is) Inuktitut:ᑖᕕᑦ ( taafit ) Irish:Dáibhí m ,Dáithí m Italian:Davide (it) Japanese:デイヴィッド ( Deividdo ) ,ダビド ( Dabido ) ,デヴィッド ( Deviddo ) ,デービッド Kazakh:Дәуіт ( Däuıt ) Khmer:ដាវីត ( daaviit ) Latvian:Dāvids m Lishana Deni:דוד ( dāwiḏ ) ,דויד ( dāwiḏ ) Lisu:ꓓ-ꓪꓵ ( dɑ-wy ) Lithuanian:Dovydas m ,Deividas m Macedonian:Давид ( David ) ,Дејвид ( Dejvid ) ( only the English name ) Malay:Daud Maltese:David Manx:Davy m Maori:Rāwiri Middle English:Dauid Nepali:डेभिड ( ḍebhiḍ ) Northern Sami:Dávvet Norwegian:David (no) Old English:Dauid Old Norse:Dáfinnr m ,Dáfiðr ,Dáviðr Persian:دیوید ( deyvid ) Polish:Dawid (pl) m Portuguese:Davi (pt) m ,David m Russian:Дави́д (ru) ( Davíd ) ,Давы́д (ru) m ( Davýd ) ,( only the English name ) Дэ́йвид m ( Dɛ́jvid ) Scots:Dauvit ,Dauid Scottish Gaelic:Dàibhidh Sicilian:Davì m ,David m ,Dàviti m Skolt Sami:Daaʹved Slovak:Dávid m Spanish:David (es) Swedish:David (sv) Tajik:Довуд (tg) ( Dovud ) Turkish:Davut (tr) Uyghur:داۋۇت ( dawut ) Welsh:Dafydd ,Dewi ,Dewydd Yiddish:דוד ( doved )
David (plural Davids )
( figuratively ) Aperson orgroup consideredunlikely toprevail ; anunderdog .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 , page185 :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 theDavids against the Goliaths of British monopoly.
1997 ,Nathan Gardels , editor,The Changing Global Order: World Leaders Reflect [4] ,Blackwell Publishers ,→ISBN , page191 :Will Microsoft rule the alternative to the mass media, the Net? Or, as always before in history, will localDavids arise to challenge the global Goliaths?
2001 , Adam Harmes,Unseen Power [5] ,Stoddart Publishing ,→ISBN , page144 :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 democraticDavids 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 , page104 :Our strategy to engage eBay in a war of words had created a lot of media buzz within China. Positioning ourselves as a localDavid 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.
David m
a malegiven name David m
a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishDavid FromEnglish David , fromKoine Greek Δαυίδ ( Dauíd ) ,Δαβίδ ( Dabíd ) , from theBiblical Hebrew דּוד ( Dāwîḏ , literally“ beloved ” ) . Also fromSpanish David .
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David
a malegiven name from English or Spanish ( biblical ) David David m anim
a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishDavid Declension ofDavid (hard masculine animate )
David
( biblical ) David a malegiven name Ultimately fromLatin David , fromAncient Greek Δαυίδ ( Dauíd ) , fromBiblical Hebrew דָּוִד .
IPA (key ) : /ˈdaː.vɪt/ Hyphenation:Da‧vid David m
( biblical ) David a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishDavid asurname originating as a patronymic IPA (key ) : /da.vid/ ,( archaic or regional ) /da.vi/ David m
( biblical ) David a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishDavid asurname originating as a patronymic 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 ) Hyphenation:Da‧vid David m (proper noun ,strong ,genitive Davids )
( biblical ) David a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishDavid Declension ofDavid [sg-only, masculine, strong ]
IPA (key ) : [ˈdɒvid] Hyphenation:Da‧vid Rhymes:-id David
David Borrowed fromLatin Dāvīd , fromAncient Greek Δαυίδ ( Dauíd ) , fromHebrew דָּוִד ( davíd ) .
David m
a malegiven name , variant ofDavide Borrowed fromEnglish David .
David m
a malegiven name inEnglish IPA (key ) : /dəˈbid/ [dəˈbiːd] Hyphenation:Da‧vid Borrowed fromSpanish David .
Davíd
( biblical ) David a malegiven name from Spanish Introduced through theCatálogo alfabético de apellidos .
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Davíd
a commonsurname Ultimately fromBiblical Hebrew דּוד .
( Waingmaw ) IPA (key ) : [da˧˧.vit̚˧˧] Hyphenation:Da‧vid David
David ( biblical character ) 2005 , “2 Samuela 14:19 [2 Samuel 14:19 ]”, inJhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible ][7] , page879 :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?»Borrowed fromAncient Greek Δαυίδ ( Dauíd ) , fromBiblical Hebrew דָּוִד ( Davíd ) .
Dāvīd m (indeclinable ) andDāvīd m sg (genitive Dāvīdis ) ;third declension
David (Can weclean up (+ ) this sense? (This produces "Regum.Caput" where no dot belongs.) ) Vulgata Clementina Liber I Regum.Caput 20.3:
Et iuravit rursumDavidi . And he swore againto David . Normally indeclinable, butthird declension forms occasionally occur.
“David ” in theThesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access) , Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Borrowed fromItalian Davide , fromLatin David , fromAncient Greek Δαυίδ ( Dauíd ) , fromHebrew דָּוִד ( davíd ) . The alternative pronunciation fromEnglish David , from the same source.
( predominantly as a contemporary name ) David m
David ( given name ) David
( biblical ) David a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishDavid Ultimately fromHebrew דּוד .Doublet ofDavi andDeivid .
( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /daˈvi.d͡ʒi/ ,/dejˈvi.d͡ʒi/ [deɪ̯ˈvi.d͡ʒi] ,/dejˈvid͡ʒ/ [deɪ̯ˈvid͡ʒ] ( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /daˈvi.d͡ʒi/ ,/dejˈvi.d͡ʒi/ [deɪ̯ˈvi.d͡ʒi] ,/dejˈvid͡ʒ/ [deɪ̯ˈvid͡ʒ] ( Southern Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /daˈvi.de/ ,/dejˈvid͡ʒ/ [deɪ̯ˈvid͡ʒ] ,/dejˈvi.d͡ʒi/ [deɪ̯ˈvi.d͡ʒi]
David m
a malegiven name , equivalent to EnglishDavid ( biblical ) David ( king of Judah ) Borrowed fromOld Church Slavonic Давꙑдъ ( Davydŭ ) , fromKoine Greek Δαυίδ ( Dauíd ) ,Δαβίδ ( Dabíd ) , fromBiblical Hebrew דּוד ( Dāwîḏ , literally“ beloved ” ) .
David m
avillage inVăleni ,Neamț County ,Romania a malegiven name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to EnglishDavid asurname IPA (key ) : /daˈbid/ [d̪aˈβ̞ið̞] Rhymes:-id Syllabification:Da‧vid David m
( biblical ) David a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishDavid From VulgateLatin David , ultimately ofHebrew origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden inrunes around 1200.
David
The letter "D" in the Swedish spelling alphabet David c (genitive Davids )
( biblical ) David a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishDavid 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.Borrowed fromEnglish David .
David (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ )
( biblical ) David a malegiven name from English Borrowed fromSpanish David .
Davíd (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜊᜒᜇ᜔ )
( biblical ) David a malegiven name from Spanish Borrowed fromKapampangan David . Introduced through theCatálogo alfabético de apellidos .
Davíd (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜊᜒᜇ᜔ )
asurname inKapampangan