Ádhamh

See also: Àdhamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Ádam, from Latin Ādām, Ādāmus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ, Ἄδαμος (Adám, Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (ʾāḏām, “person, human”), from אֲדָמָה (ʾăḏāmâ, “earth, soil”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ɑːvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ɑːw/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaːwə/

Proper noun

Ádhamh m (genitive Ádhaimh)

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

Declension

Declension of Ádhamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Ádhamh Vocative a Ádhaimh Genitive Ádhaimh Dative Ádhamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tÁdhamh Genitive an Ádhaimh Dative leis an Ádhamh don Ádhamh

Derived terms

• Ádhamhchlann (“the human race”, literally “the children of Adam”)
• síol Ádhaimh, sliocht Ádhaimh (“the human race”, literally “Adam’s descendants”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ádhamh	nÁdhamh	hÁdhamh	tÁdhamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Ádhamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Ádam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ádhamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Ádhamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024