Gilead
See also: gilead
English
Etymology
From Hebrew גִּלְעָד (gilʻád).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɪliæd/, /ˈɡɪliəd/
Proper noun
Gilead
- (biblical) A region east of the Jordan river.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Jeremiah 8:22:
- Is there no balme in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recouered?
- 1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], OCLC 1015246566:
- Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!
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- A male given name from Hebrew in occasional use.
- 2012, Anne Tyler, The Beginner's Goodbye, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, pages 92-93:
- "That's Gil's name: Gilead Bryan. I'd been assuming it was Gilbert." Nandina stopped stirring the soup and said, "Gilead. Like the song?"
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- (derogatory) An illiberal and oppressive place, especially on matters related to women's rights, reproduction, or sex (from the theocratic dystopia in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale).
- 2018 August 3, Nicola Oakley; Emma Gill, “Parents with different surnames to their kids face questioning at UK airports on family holidays”, in Mirror (UK):
- Another wrote: "Just to clarify women who chose not to take their husband's surname or have children with a partner they are not married to will be subject to increased border measures. This is what freedom looks like under a Tory government? Straight out of Gilead."
- 2018 October 18, Elura Nanos, “‘Good Catholic’ Pharmacist Doesn’t Know Difference Between Miscarriage and Abortion, But He’ll Learn in Court”, in Law & Crime:
- On Tuesday, the ACLU filed an official complaint with Meijer Pharmacy’s CEO for an incident that’s straight out of Gilead.
- 2019 December 22, Barry Egan, quoting Leo Varadkar, “'He makes me laugh. He could get a job writing Christmas cracker jokes'”, in Independent:
- "But people often don't understand these things. The same thing would apply, I think, when it comes to feminism, for example: people saying things about women or having views that they shouldn't have. It doesn't mean they're misogynist or straight out of Gilead."
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Derived terms
- balm of Gilead
- balsam of Gilead
- Gileadean
- Mount Gilead
Translations
Biblical region east of the Jordan
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Anagrams
- Daigle, Gildea, aeglid
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew גִּלְעָד (gil'ád).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡiˈlɛ.at/
- Rhymes: -ɛat
- Syllabification: Gi‧le‧ad
Proper noun
Gilead m inan
- (biblical) Gilead (a region east of the Jordan river in Israel)
Declension
Declension of Gilead
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Gilead |
| genitive | Gileadu |
| dative | Gileadowi |
| accusative | Gilead |
| instrumental | Gileadem |
| locative | Gileadzie |
| vocative | Gileadzie |
Further reading
- Gilead in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Gilead in Polish dictionaries at PWN