Abrahamとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English Abraham, from 古期英語 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.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/
• (poetic) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹæm/

固有名詞

Abraham (複数形 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.

派生語

関連する語

• (pet forms): Abe, Abey, Abie
• (male given names): Abram, Bram, Avram
• (surnames): Abrahams

名詞

Abraham (複数形 Abrahams)

1. (archaic, 英国用法 スラング, chiefly London) A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London.^[2][3]

   Synonym: slopshop

参照

Latin

語源

From Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.bra.haːm/, [ˈäːbrä(ɦ)äːm]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bra.am/, [ˈäːbräːm]

固有名詞

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

1. (biblical) Abraham
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Genesis 17:5

     nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram, sed appellaberis Abraham quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

語形変化

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

参照

• “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

語源

From Latin Ābrahām.

発音

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

固有名詞

Ābrahām m

1. Abraham

語形変化

派生した語

• Middle English: Abraham
  • English: Abraham
  • Scots: Abraham, Aubrahaum, Aubrahawm, Awbrahawm