Adam

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See also: adam, adām, ādām, Ádam, Âdam, Ádám, A'dam, and อาดัม

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה‎ (adamah, “red earth, ground”).

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Adam (plural Adams)

  1. (Abrahamic religions) The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew.
    • 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “The Workshop”, in Adam Bede […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, OCLC 2108290, book first, page 3:
      In his tall stalwartness Adam Bede was a Saxon, and justified his name; but the jet-black hair, made the more noticeable by its contrast with the light paper cap, and the keen glance of the dark eyes that shone from under strongly marked, proninent, and mobile eyebrows, indicated a mixture of Celtic blood.
    • 1904, Mark Twain, Extracts from Adam's Diary
      Since then I have deciphered some more of Adam’s hieroglyphics, and think he has now become sufficiently important as a public character to justify this publication.
    • 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")
      What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word,
  3. (figuratively) Original sin or human frailty.
  4. (with second or last) Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
  5. Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam.
    • 1936, HP Lovecraft, ‘The Haunter of the Dark’:
      Inside were six-panelled doors, wide floor-boards, a curving colonial staircase, white Adam-period mantels, and a rear set of rooms three steps below the general level.
    • 2001, Norman K. Risjord, Representative Americans: The Revolutionary Generation (page 164)
      McIntyre's best pieces, such as the fireplace in the Otis house, managed to convey both an opulent warmth and a restrained elegance, and compares favorably with the artistic saturnalia of an Adam fireplace.
  6. An English patronymic surname, from given names​.
  7. A Scottish patronymic surname, from given names​.
  8. A French patronymic surname, from given names​.
  9. A German patronymic surname, from given names​.

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surnames

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה‎ (adamah, “red earth, ground”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam m (definite Adami)

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Adam.
  2. (religion, Christianity) Adam (biblical figure)
  3. (religion, Islam) Adem (“Adam”)

Declension[edit]

declension of Adam
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara) 		definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës) 		plural
(numri shumës) 		singular
(numri njëjës) 		plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore) 		Adam Adamë Adami Adamët
accusative
(kallëzore) 		Adam Adamë Adamin Adamët
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së) 		Adami Adamëve Adamit Adamëvet
dative
(dhanore) 		Adami Adamëve Adamit Adamëvet
ablative
(rrjedhore) 		Adami Adamësh Adamit Adamëvet

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

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Adam m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Adam.
  2. Adam (biblical figure)

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Cornish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ˈædəm/

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam (biblical figure)

Czech[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

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Adam m

  1. Adam (biblical figure)
  2. A male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Adam.

Declension[edit]

Declension
singular plural
nominative Adam Adamové
genitive Adama Adamů
dative Adamovi, Adamu Adamům
accusative Adama Adamy
vocative Adame Adamové
locative Adamovi, Adamu Adamech
instrumental Adamem Adamy

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam (biblical figure)
  2. A male given name.

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch Adam, from Latin Ādām, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), from Hebrew אָדָם‎ (“Adam”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.dɑm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Adam

Proper noun[edit]

Adam m

  1. Adam (Biblical character, mythological first man)
  2. A male given name from Hebrew.

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Ewe[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam (biblical figure)
  2. A male given name.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

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Adam m

  1. Adam (biblical figure)
  2. A diminutive of the male given names Adanet, Adenot, Adnet, or Adnot

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin Adam, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), from Hebrew אָדָם‎ (ʾāḏām, “man, soil, light brown”).

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Adam m (proper noun, strong, genitive Adams)

  1. (biblical) Adam
  2. A male given name; variant form Adi

Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic آدَم‎ (ʾādam).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔá.dàm/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔá.dàŋ]

Proper noun[edit]

Adàm m

  1. Adam (biblical character)

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam m

  1. Adam (biblical figure)
  2. A male given name

Declension[edit]

declension of Adam
m-s1 singular
indefinite
nominative Adam
accusative Adam
dative Adam
genitive Adams

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Anagrams[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Alteration of MDMA

Noun[edit]

Adam m (invariable)

  1. (informal) ecstasy (drug)

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Latin[edit]

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Ādām m (variously declined, genitive Ādām or Ādae); indeclinable, first declension

  1. Adam (Biblical figure)
  2. (New Latin) A male given name, equivalent to English Adam.

Declension[edit]

Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun (nominative/vocative singular in -ām).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Ādām Ādae
Genitive Ādām
Ādae 		Ādārum
Dative Ādām
Ādae 		Ādīs
Accusative Ādām Ādās
Ablative Ādām
Ādā 		Ādīs
Vocative Ādām Ādae

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Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sicilian Adamu, Addamu and/or Italian Adamo, both from Latin Ādāmus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), from Hebrew אָדָם‎ (āḏām). All religious names (though not all religious words) in Maltese are borrowings from Romance. The inherited form from Arabic آدَم‎ (ʾādam) would be *Iedem, which is preserved in bniedem (“human being”, literally “son of Adam”).

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Adam m

  1. Adam

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Ādāmus, Ādām, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈdaːm/, /ˈadam/

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam (Biblical progenitor of humankind).
  2. A male given name from Hebrew; Adam.
  3. (with newe or last) Jesus Christ.

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Adam
  • Scots: Adam, Aidam

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Norwegian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam (biblical figure)
  2. A male given name.

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

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Adam m pers (diminutive Adaś)

  1. Adam (biblical figure)
  2. A male given name, equivalent to English Adam.

Declension[edit]

Declension of Adam
singular plural
nominative Adam Adamowie
genitive Adama Adamów
dative Adamowi Adamom
accusative Adama Adamów
instrumental Adamem Adamami
locative Adamie Adamach
vocative Adamie Adamowie

Further reading[edit]

  • Adam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Adam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English Adam, from Latin Ādāmus, Ādām, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám).

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Adam

  1. Adam (biblical figure)

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ǎdam/
  • Hyphenation: A‧dam

Proper noun[edit]

Àdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀дам)

  1. Adam (biblical figure)
  2. A male given name.

Declension[edit]

Declension of Adam
singular
nominative Adam
genitive Adama
dative Adamu
accusative Adama
vocative Adame
locative Adamu
instrumental Adamom

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Slovak[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Adam m (genitive Adama, nominative plural Adamovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. Adam (biblical figure)
  2. A male given name.

Declension[edit]

Declension of Adam
singular plural
nominative Adam Adamovia
genitive Adama Adamov
dative Adamovi Adamom
accusative Adama Adamov
locative Adamovi Adamoch
instrumental Adamom Adamami

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Adam in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈdam/, [aˈð̞ãm]

Proper noun[edit]

Adam m

  1. Alternative form of Adán (“biblical figure”)
    • 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 2:20
      Y puso Adam nombres á toda bestia y ave de los cielos y á todoanimal del campo.

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם‎ (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Interjection[edit]

Adam

  1. The letter "A" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

Proper noun[edit]

Adam c (genitive Adams)

  1. Adam (biblical figure)
  2. A male given name. Pet form: Adde.

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English Adam.

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam
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Turkish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. A male given name
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