Adam
English edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈæ.dəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): [ˈæɾm̩], [ˈæɾəm]
Audio (UK) (file) - Homophone: atom (accents with flapping)
- Hyphenation: A‧dam
Proper noun edit
Adam (plural Adams)
- (Abrahamic religions) The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:20:
- And Adam called his wiues name Eue, because she was the mother of all liuing.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 40–43:
- Say Goddeſs, what enſu'd when Raphael, / The affable Arch-angel, had forewarn'd / Adam by dire example to beware / Apoſtaſie,
- 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,
- (figuratively) Original sin or human frailty.
- (with second or last) Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:45:
- And so it is written: The first man Adam was made a liuing soule, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
- 1739, Charles Wesley, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing:
- Second Adam from above,
Reinstate us in thy love.
- 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.
- An English surname originating as a patronymic.
- A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
- A French surname originating as a patronymic.
- A German surname originating as a patronymic.
Alternative forms edit
- (English surname): Adams
- (Scottish surname): Adams, McAdam, McAdams, McCaw, MacAdam, MacAdams, MacCaw
Derived terms edit
- Adam and Eve
- Adam and Steve
- Adamesque
- Adamhood
- Adamic, Adamical
- Adamish
- Adamite
- Adamitism
- Adam-ondi-Ahman
- Adam's ale
- Adam's apple
- Adam's Bridge
- Adam's flannel
- Adam's morsel
- Adam's needle
- Adam's Peak
- Adam's wine
- apple of Adam
- as old as Adam, old as Adam
- Atkin (diminutive)
- Christmas Adam
- co-Adamite
- not know someone from Adam
- Old Adam
- pre-Adamite
- pre-Adamitism
- since Adam was a boy
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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)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
- (religion, Christianity) Adam (biblical figure)
- (religion, Islam) Adem (“Adam”)
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Etymology edit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
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Adam m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
- Adam (biblical figure)
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Cornish edit
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Adam
- Adam (biblical figure)
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
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Adam m anim (diminutive Adámek or Damek or Áďa)
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Adam
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
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Adam
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch Adam, from Latin Ādām, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), from Hebrew אָדָם (“Adam”).
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Adam m
- Adam (Biblical character, mythological first man)
- 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
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
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Adam m
- Adam (biblical figure)
- 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)
- (biblical) Adam
- a male given name; variant form Adi
Hausa edit
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Adàm m
- 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
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
Alteration of MDMA.
Noun edit
Adam m (invariable)
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Latin edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.daːm/, [ˈäːd̪äːm]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.dam/, [ˈäːd̪äm]
Proper noun edit
Ādām m sg (indeclinable)
- Adam (Biblical figure)
- (New Latin) a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
Declension edit
Indeclinable noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Ādām |
Genitive | Ādām |
Dative | Ādām |
Accusative | Ādām |
Ablative | Ādām |
Vocative | Ādām |
References edit
- “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.
Maltese edit
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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
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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).
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Adam
- Adam (Biblical progenitor of humankind).
- a male given name from Hebrew; Adam
- (with newe or last) Jesus Christ.
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References edit
- “Adā̆m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-15.
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
Proper noun edit
Adam
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
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Adam m pers (diminutive Adaś)
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
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Further reading edit
- Adam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian edit
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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Адамъ (Adamŭ).
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Adam m
- a male given name
- a surname
- A village in Drăgușeni, Galați, Romania
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English Adam, from Latin Ādāmus, Ādām, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám).
Proper noun edit
Adam
- Adam (biblical figure)
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References edit
- “Adam, prop.n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
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Àdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀дам)
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name
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Slovak edit
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Adam m anim (genitive singular Adama, nominative plural Adamovia, genitive plural Adamov, declension pattern of chlap)
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name
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Further reading edit
- “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, 2024
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Adam m
- 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)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
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Adam
- The letter "A" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
Proper noun edit
Adam c (genitive Adams)
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name. Pet form: Adde
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Adam
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Adam
- a male given name
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Adam
- (biblical) Adam
- a male given name, equivalent to English Adam