Gabriel
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Doublet of Jibril.
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Proper nounEdit
Gabriel
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:
- Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
- 1986, Paul Bailey, Gabriel's Lament, Viking, published 1987, →ISBN, page 20:
- "I'm the only Gabriel in the whole school," I told my father. "You don't have to whisper it from the tomb, lad. You should thank your mother and me for giving you a handle that people notice. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember.
- 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:
- An archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Daniel 9:21::
- Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 1:26::
- And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
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CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
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Gabriel m
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Gabriel m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
DanishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Gabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
FaroeseEdit
Proper nounEdit
Gabriel m
- a male given name
Usage notesEdit
Patronymics
- son of Gabriel: Gabrielsson
- daughter of Gabriel: Gabrielsdóttir
DeclensionEdit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Gabriel |
Accusative | Gabriel |
Dative | Gabrieli |
Genitive | Gabriels |
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Gabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of Gabriel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Gabriel | Gabrielit | |
genitive | Gabrielin | Gabrielien | |
partitive | Gabrielia | Gabrieleja | |
illative | Gabrieliin | Gabrieleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Gabriel | Gabrielit | |
accusative | nom. | Gabriel | Gabrielit |
gen. | Gabrielin | ||
genitive | Gabrielin | Gabrielien | |
partitive | Gabrielia | Gabrieleja | |
inessive | Gabrielissa | Gabrieleissa | |
elative | Gabrielista | Gabrieleista | |
illative | Gabrieliin | Gabrieleihin | |
adessive | Gabrielilla | Gabrieleilla | |
ablative | Gabrielilta | Gabrieleilta | |
allative | Gabrielille | Gabrieleille | |
essive | Gabrielina | Gabrieleina | |
translative | Gabrieliksi | Gabrieleiksi | |
instructive | — | Gabrielein | |
abessive | Gabrielitta | Gabrieleitta | |
comitative | — | Gabrieleineen |
Possessive forms of Gabriel (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Gabrielini | Gabrielimme |
2nd person | Gabrielisi | Gabrielinne |
3rd person | Gabrielinsa |
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FrenchEdit
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Gabriel m
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Related termsEdit
- female given name: Gabrielle
DescendantsEdit
- → Alemannic German: Gaabi
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Gabriel
- (biblical) Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
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- feminine form: Gabriele
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.bri.eːl/, [ˈɡäbrieːɫ̪]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.bri.el/, [ˈɡäːbriel]
Proper nounEdit
Gabriēl m (indeclinable)
DescendantsEdit
- → Albanian: Gabriel
- → Catalan: Gabriel, Biel
- → Czech: Gabriel
- → Danish: Gabriel
- → Dutch: Gabriël
- Afrikaans: Gabriël
- → English: Gabriel
- → Faroese: Gabriel, Gabrial, Brialdur
- → Finnish: Gabriel, Kaaperi, Kaapre, Kaaprel, Kaaprelli, Kaapo
- → French: Gabriel
- → Alemannic German: Gaabi
- → Galician: Gabriel
- → Georgian: გაბრიელი (gabrieli)
- → German: Gabriel
- → Greenlandic: Kaapriale, Kapriali, Kaparialli
- → Gujarati: ગેબ્રિયલ (gebriyal)
- → Hindi: गेब्रियल (gebriyal)
- → Hungarian: Gabór, Gábriel
- → Icelandic: Gabríel
- → Irish: Gaibrial, Gaibriéil, Gaibriél
- → Italian: Gabriele
- → Japanese: ガブリエル (Gaburieru)
- → Kannada: ಗೇಬ್ರಿಯಲ್ (gēbriyal)
- → Korean: 가브리엘 (Gabeuriel)
- → Latvian: Gabriels
- → Lithuanian: Gabrielius
- → Maltese: Gabrijel
- → Norman: Gabriel
- → Norwegian: Gabriel
- → Persian: گابریل (Gâbriel)
- → Polish: Gabriel
- → Portuguese: Gabriel, Biel
- → Romanian: Gabriel
- → Serbo-Croatian: Gabrijel
- → Slovak: Gabriel
- → Slovene: Gabrijel
- → Spanish: Gabriel
- → Swedish: Gabriel, Gabrel
- → Welsh: Gabriel
ReferencesEdit
- Gabriel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
NormanEdit
Proper nounEdit
Gabriel m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
NorwegianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Gabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel).
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Gabriel m pers (diminutive Gabryś)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
- Gabriel (archangel)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Gabriel | Gabriele |
genitive | Gabriela | Gabrieli |
dative | Gabrielowi | Gabrielom |
accusative | Gabriela | Gabrieli |
instrumental | Gabrielem | Gabrielami |
locative | Gabrielu | Gabrielach |
vocative | Gabrielu | Gabriele |
Proper nounEdit
Gabriel f pl
Further readingEdit
- Gabriel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Gabriel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Gabriel m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
- (Christianity, Judaism) Gabriel (archangel who carries messages from God)
SlovakEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Gabriel m (genitive singular Gabriela, nominative plural Gabrielovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Gabriel | Gabrielovia |
genitive | Gabriela | Gabrielov |
dative | Gabrielovi | Gabrielom |
accusative | Gabriela | Gabrielov |
locative | Gabrielovi | Gabrieloch |
instrumental | Gabrielom | Gabrielmi |
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Further readingEdit
- Gabriel in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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Gabriel m
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
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SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Gabriel c (genitive Gabriels)
- Gabriel (Archangel).
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
- female given name: Gabriella
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish Gabriel.
PronunciationEdit
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Gabriél
- (biblical) Gabriel
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
- a surname from Spanish
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StatisticsEdit
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gabriel is the 108th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,263 individuals.