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Adam

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Adam (Biblical figure)

Etymology

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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)

  2. (Abrahamism, religion) The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
  4. 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, 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, “Boys' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90:
      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,
  5. (figuratively) Original sin or human frailty.
  6. (with second or last) Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
  7. 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.
  8. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
  9. A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
  10. A French surname originating as a patronymic.
  11. A German surname originating as a patronymic.

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  • Tok Pisin: Adam

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Albanian

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Etymology

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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 m (definite Adami)

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

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Declension of Adam
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Adam Adami Adamë Adamët
accusative Adamin
dative Adami Adamit Adamëve Adamëve
ablative Adamësh

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Catalan

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Etymology

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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

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IPA(key): /ˈædəm/

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Adam

  1. Adam (biblical figure)

Czech

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Etymology

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

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Adam m anim (diminutive Adámek or Damek or Áďa)

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

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Declension of Adam (hard masculine animate)
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

Danish

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Etymology

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

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Adam

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

Dutch

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

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

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Adam m

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

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Ewe

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Etymology

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

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Adam

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

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French

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Etymology

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

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Adam m

  1. Adam (biblical figure)
  2. a male given name; diminutive forms Adanet, Adenot, Adnet, Adnot

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German

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Etymology

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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

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Etymology

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From Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

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

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Adàm m

  1. Adam (biblical character)

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

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Adam m (proper noun, genitive singular Adams)

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

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Declension of Adam (sg-only masculine)
indefinite singular
nominative Adam
accusative Adam
dative Adam
genitive Adams

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References

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  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “Adam”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið

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Italian

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Etymology

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Alteration of MDMA.

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Adam m (invariable)

  1. (informal) ecstasy (drug)

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Kashubian

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Borrowed from Polish Adam.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.dam/
  • Rhymes: -adam
  • Syllabification: A‧dam

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Adam m pers (related adjective adamów or adamòwi)

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

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  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “Adam”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]

Latin

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם, from א־ד־ם.

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    Ādām m sg (indeclinable)

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

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    Indeclinable noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Ādām
    genitive Ādām
    dative Ādām
    accusative Ādām
    ablative Ādām
    vocative Ādām

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    • “Adam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • Adam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Lombard

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    From Latin Ādām.

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    Adam m

    1. (Old Lombard) Adam (biblical character)

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    Malay

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    Borrowed from Arabic آدم.

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    Adam (Jawi spelling ادم)

    2. (Abrahamism, religion) The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
    3. a male given name from Arabic

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    Maltese

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    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 (ʔādam) 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

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

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    • IPA(key): /aˈdaːm/, /ˈadam/

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    Adam

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

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    Middle High German

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    Etymology

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      Learned borrowing from Latin Ādām, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם, from א־ד־ם.

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      Adam m

      1. a male given name
      2. (Abrahamism, biblical) Adam

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      Declension of Adam (strong masculine without umlaut)
      singular plural
      indef. def. noun def. noun
      nominative ein dër Adam die Adame
      genitive eines dës Adames dër Adame
      dative eime dëm Adame dën Adamen
      accusative einen dën Adam die Adame

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      • Central Franconian:
      • German: Adam

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      • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “Adam”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
      • "Adam" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

      Norwegian

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      Etymology

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

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      Adam

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

      Old English

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      Etymology

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        Learned borrowing from Latin Ādām, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם, from א־ד־ם.

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        Adam m

        1. Adam (Biblical character)

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        Strong a-stem:

        singular plural
        nominative Adam Adamas
        accusative Adam Adamas
        genitive Adames Adama
        dative Adame Adamum

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        Polish

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        Etymology

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        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

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        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

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        • Adam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

        Romanian

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        Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Адамъ (Adamŭ).

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        Adam m

        1. a male given name
        2. a surname
        3. A village in Drăgușeni, Galați County, Romania

        Scots

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        Etymology

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        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

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        Etymology

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

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

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        Àdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀дам)

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

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

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        • “Adam”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

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        Adam m pers

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

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        Declension of Adam
        (pattern chlap)
        singularplural
        nominativeAdamAdamovia
        genitiveAdamaAdamov
        dativeAdamoviAdamom
        accusativeAdamaAdamov
        locativeAdamoviAdamoch
        instrumentalAdamomAdamami

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        • “Adam”, 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, 2003–2025

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        • IPA(key): /aˈdam/ [aˈð̞ãm]
        • Rhymes: -am
        • Syllabification: A‧dam

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        Adam m

        1. Archaic form of Adán (“biblical figure”).
          • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 2:20:
            Y puso Adam nombres á toda bestia y ave de los cielos y á todoanimal del campo.
            And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; […] (KJV)

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        Etymology

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

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        Adam

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

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        Adam c (genitive Adams)

        1. Adam (biblical figure)
        2. a male given name; diminutive form Adde

        Tok Pisin

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        From English Adam.

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        Adam

        1. Adam

        Turkish

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        From Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

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        Adam

        1. a male given name from Arabic, less common variant of Adem

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        Adam

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