Gabrielとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• IPA: /ˈɡeɪ.bɹi.əl/

固有名詞

Gabriel

1. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn 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.

   1. An archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
      • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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, Luke 1:26:
        :

        And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

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発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ɡaˈbriː.eːɫ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ɡaˈbriː.el]
• Scanned as a molossus in Prudentius. Moreover, it was perhaps pronounced with final accent in late Latin.

固有名詞

Gabrīēl m sg (genitive Gabrīēl or Gabrīēlis); indeclinable, variously declined, third declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel
   1. (biblical) Gabriel (archangel)

語形変化

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

派生した語

参照

• “Gabriel”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.