Michal
English
Proper noun
Michal
- (biblical) A daughter of Saul and wife of David in the Old Testament.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 6:16:
- And as the Arke of the Lord came into the citie of Dauid, Michal Sauls daughter looked through a window, and saw king Dauid leaping and dauncing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.
- (rather rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
Translations
biblical character
Czech
Etymology
From Vulgate Latin Michael, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɪxal]
Middle English
Slovak
Etymology
From Vulgate Latin Michael, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmixal]
Proper noun
Michal m (genitive singular Michala, nominative plural Michalovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Michael
Declension
Derived terms
- michalský
- Miško
- Mišo
Further reading
- “Michal”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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