David

See also: Davíð, Dávið, Dávid, and Davìd

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Etymology

Borrowed from English David.

Noun

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.

References

• FIDE Laws of Chess 2023

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

David

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde, from Old English Dauid, David, from Late Latin Dāvīd, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ, literally “beloved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪvɪd/, /ˈdeɪvəd/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Proper noun

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.

   • 2016 October 12, Andy Orin, “I'm David Baszucki, CEO of Roblox, and This Is How I Work”, in LifeHacker‎, archived from the original on 13 July 2024:

     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.

   • 2021 January 28, Chandelis Duster, “Parkland shooting survivor calls for House GOP leader to denounce Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene”, in CNN‎:

     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.
   • 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”, in A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power‎, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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.

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

• Barton St David
• Camp David
• David-and-Goliath
• David City
• davidi
• Davidian
• harp of David, King David's harp
• Mogen David
• Saint David
• Shield of David
• Son of David
• Star of David
• St Davids

Related terms

• (pet forms): Dave, Davey, Davie, Davy; Davo (Australian)
• (feminine equivalent): Davina

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

Translations

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 (pt) 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 (dāod) 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 (pt) m, Deivid 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)

Noun

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, 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, 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, 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, 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

Proper noun

David m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of David

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dəˈβit]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəˈvit]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [daˈvit]
• Rhymes: -it

Proper noun

David m

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

Cebuano

Etymology

From English David, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), from the Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ, literally “beloved”). Also from Spanish David.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Da‧vid

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Proper noun

David

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdavɪt]

Proper noun

David m anim

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

Declension

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -id

Proper noun

David

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

Related terms

• (surname): Davidsen

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Davied

Etymology

Ultimately from Late Latin Dāvīd, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.vɪt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Proper noun

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

• Davidisch
• Davids

Related terms

• (pet forms): Daaf, Daav

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Dawid

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.vid/, (archaic or regional) /da.vi/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Proper noun

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

• étoile de David

German

Pronunciation

• 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

David m (proper noun, strong, genitive Davids)

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

Declension

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

• Davidstern m (“Star of David”)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

David

1. David

Declension

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