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Abigail is a female given name. The name comes from the Hebrew name אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל ''Avigail'', meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father rejoices", or "my father is joy").〔from either the verbal root ''g-y-l'' "to rejoice" directly, or from the root noun ''gil'' "rejoicing, joy". Adele Berlin in: Carol L. Meyers, Toni Craven, Ross Shepard Kraemer (eds.), ''Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2000, ( p. 43 )〕 Abigail was the wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Samuel), and is described as an intelligent and beautiful woman. The name Abigail can be shortened to "Abby", "Abbey", "Abbi", "Abbie", "Abbe", "Abi", "Abbye", "Abs", or "Aby", as well as "Gail" or "Gayle." ==Translations== *Arabic: الوصيفة *Bengali: এবিগেল (Ēbigēla) *Biblical Greek: Abigaia *Biblical Hebrew: אביגיל *Catalan: Abigail *Chinese Simplified: 阿比盖尔 (Ā bǐ gài ěr) *Chinese Traditional: 阿比蓋爾 (Ā bǐ gài ěr) *Danish: Abigail, Abigael *Dutch: Abigail, Abigaïl *English: Abegail, Abigayle *French: Abigaïl, Abigaël *German: Abigail *Gujarati: એબીગેઇલ (Ēbīgē'ila) *Haitian Creole: Abigayèl *Hawaiian: Apikalia, ʻApikaʻila *Hebrew: אביגיל, Avigail, אֲבִיגָיִל (ʾĂḇîḡáyil) *Hindi: सेविका (Sēvikā) *Hungarian: Abigél *Italian: Abigaille *Japanese: アビゲイル (Abigeiru) *Korean: 아비가일 *Macedonian: Авигеја (Avigeja) *Maori: Apikaira *Nepali: अबीगेलले (Abīgēlalē) *Portuguese: Abigail *Punjabi: ਅਬੀਗੈਲ (Abīgaila) *Russian: (''Avigeya''); used predominantly in biblical contexts〔Superanskaya, p. 250〕 *Serbian: Абигејл (Abigejl) *Somali: Abiigayil *Spanish: Abigaíl *Swedish: Abigail *Ukrainian: Абіґейл *Urdu: ابیگیل *Yiddish: אַביגאַיל *Yoruba: Ábígẹlì 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abigail (name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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