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Appendix:Variations of "adam"
English
Adam (Biblical figure)
Etymology
en :inh enm:Adam 1
From en enm Adam, from en ang Adam, from en la Adam, la Adamus, from en grc Ἀδάμ, grc Ἄδαμος, from en hbo - he אָדָם adam earth, man, soil, light brown Hebr, from he אדמה adamah red earth, ground Hebr.
thumb|Albrecht Dürer's depiction of Adam (1507)
Pronunciation
en /ˈædəm/ RP
en /ˈadəm/ SSB,Northern England,Scotland,Wales
en en-uk-Adam.ogg SSB
en /ˈædəm/ [ˈæɾm̩] [ˈæɾəm] GA,CA,AU
en /ˈɛdəm/ NZ
en ædəm 2
en atom<aa:t-flapping>
en A dam
Proper noun
s
en Q70899 en Abrahamism religion The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
Genesis 3 20 And Adam called his wiues name Eue, because she was the mother of all liuing.
7 40–43 Say Goddeſs, what enſu'd when Raphael, / The affable Arch-angel, had forewarn'd / Adam by dire example to beware / Apoſtaſie, 1873
en Q347181en male Hebrew.
I The Workshop 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.
en 1904 w:Mark Twain s: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.
en 1933 w:Eleanor Farjeon Over the Garden Wall Faber and Faber 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,
en Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house 2023-06-21 The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, a key lawmaker in Democrats’ congressional investigations into former President Donald Trump during his presidency. https://web.archive.org/web/20230629063359/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house/
en figuratively original sin or human frailty.
en Christianity usually with modifiers such as second or last Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
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.
en 1739 w:Charles Wesley s:Hark! the Herald Angels Sing Second Adam from above,Reinstate us in thy love.
en 2020 Matt Boswell; Keith Getty; Matt Papa Christ the True and Better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcl6WSNVcHM Almost Home: The Hymns of Matt Boswell and Matt Papa, Vol. 2 Matt Boswell; Matt Papa Christ, the true and better Adam, Son of God and Son of man; Who, when tempted in the garden never yielded, never sinned.
Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam.
en 1936 w: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.
en 2001 Norman K. Risjord Representative Americans: The Revolutionary Generation 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.
en English patronymics.
en Scottish patronymics.
en French patronymics.
en German patronymics.
en slang The drug ecstasy.
en 1990 Jerome Beck The MDMA Controversy: Contexts of Use and Social Control 131 I prefer to call it "Adam." "Ecstasy" is a beautiful word, but I think Ecstasy is a word more often used by people taking it for thrills.
en 2008 Jennifer Wider The Doctor's Complete College Girls' Health Guide 94 I heard people say they were taking "Adam." Is that the same drug or something different? Ecstasy goes by many different names
Alternative forms
English surname en Adams
Scottish surname en Adams McAdam McAdams McCaw MacAdam MacAdams MacCaw
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
en Adam-ondi-Ahman Christmas Adam Adam and Eve Adam and Steve Adamesque Adamhood Adamic,Adamical Adamish Adamite Adamitism Adamian Adamless Adamstown Adam's ale Adam's Bridge Adam's apple Adam's flannel Adam's morsel Adam's needle Adam's Peak Adam's wine apple of Adam Atkin<pos:diminutive> Adam Henry old as Adam Charlton Adam co-Adamite True Adam not know someone from Adam Old Adam pre-Adamite pre-Adamitism since Adam was a boy
Related terms
en surnames Acheson Adams Adamson Adcock Addams Addey Addie Addis Addison Addy Addyman Ade Ades Adey Adie Adkin Adkins Adnett Adnitt Aicken Aiken Aikens Aikin Aikins Aitchison Aitken Aitkens Aitkin Aitkins Atcheson Atkin Atkins Atkinson Baddams Hadcock Haddy Keddie Keddy Kiddie Kiddy Macadam MacAdam MacAdams MacCaw McAdams McAdams McAdie McCaw McGaw McKeggie Megaw
Descendants
tpi Adam
Translations
first man in Abrahamic religions
Albanian: sq Adam, sq Adham, sq Adem
Amharic: am አዳም m
Arabic: ar آدَم m, ar ءَادَم m archaic
Aramaic: arc אדם
Syriac: syc ܐܕܡ ʾāḏām m, syc ܐܖܡ archaic
Armenian: hy Ադամ
Old Armenian: xcl Ադամ
Assamese: as আদম
Bashkir: ba Әҙәм
Bengali: bn আদম
Bulgarian: bg Ада́м m
Burmese: my အာဒန်
Catalan: ca Adam m
Cherokee: chr ᎠᏓᏫ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 亞當 aa3 dong1
Dungan: dng Адан
Mandarin: cmn 亞當 Yǎdāng, cmn 阿丹 Ādān Islam
Coptic: cop ⲁⲇⲁⲙ
Cornish: kw Adam
Czech: cs Adam m
Danish: da Adam
Dutch: nl Adam
Esperanto: eo Adamo
Estonian: et Aadam
Faroese: fo Ádam m
Finnish: fi Aadam
French: fr Adam m
Old French: fro Adan, fro Adam
Galician: gl Adán
German: de Adam m
Gothic: got 𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌼 m
Greek: el Αδάμ m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀδάμ m
Gujarati: gu આદમ
Hausa: ha Adamu
Hawaiian: haw ʻAdamu
Hebrew: he אָדָם m Adam
Hindi: hi आदम m
Hungarian: hu Ádám
Icelandic: is Adam m
Indonesian: id Adam
Interlingua: ia Adam
Irish: ga Ádhamh
Italian: it Adamo
Japanese: ja アダム Adamu
Kannada: kn ಆದಾಮನು m
Kazakh: kk Адам
Khmer: km អ័ដាម
Korean: ko ^아담
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ئادەم
Northern Kurdish: kmr Adem
Latin: la Ādām m
Latvian: lv Ādams
Lithuanian: lt Adomas
Macedonian: mk А́дам m
Malay: ms Adam
Malayalam: ml ആദാം
Maltese: mt Adam
Manx: gv Adaue m
Māori: mi Ārama
Marathi: mr आदाम m
Middle English: enm Adam
Norwegian: no Adam
Odia: or ଆଦମ
Old Church Slavonic: cu адамъ
Pashto: ps آدم m
Persian: fa آدم âdam
Polish: pl Adam m
Portuguese: pt Adão m
Punjabi: pa ਆਦਮ m
Rohingya: rhg Adom
Russian: ru Ада́м m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Àdhamh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh А̀дам m
Latin: sh Àdam m
Sindhi: sd آدم ādamu m
Sinhalese: si ආදම්
Slovak: sk Adam m
Spanish: es Adam m, es Adán m
Swahili: sw Adamu
Swedish: sv Adam
Sylheti: syl ꠀꠖꠝ
Tagalog: tl Adan
Tamil: ta ஆதாம்
Telugu: te ఆదాము
Thai: th อาดัม
Tibetan: bo ཨ་དམ
Tok Pisin: tpi Adam
Turkish: tr Adem
Urdu: ur آدم m
Uzbek: uz Odam
Vietnamese: vi A-đam
Walloon: wa Adan
Welsh: cy Adda m
Yoruba: yo Ádámù, yo Aádámọ̀
Zazaki: zza Adam
male given name
Albanian: sq Adam, sq Adham, sq Adem
Arabic: ar آدَم m
Armenian: hy Ադամ
Old Armenian: xcl Ադամ
Bulgarian: bg Ада́м m, bg А́дам m
Catalan: ca Adam m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 亞當 Yǎdāng
Czech: cs Adam m
Danish: da Adam
Dutch: nl Adam
Esperanto: eo Adamo
Estonian: et Aadu
Faroese: fo Ádam m
Finnish: fi Aatami
French: fr Adam m
Galician: gl Adán
German: de Adam m
Greek: el Αδάμ m, el Αδάμος
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀδάμ m, grc Ἄδαμος m
Hausa: ha Adamu
Hawaiian: haw ʻAkamu
Hebrew: he אָדָם m Adam
Hindi: hi आदम m, hi ऐडम m
Hungarian: hu Ádám
Icelandic: is Adam m
Indonesian: id Adam
Ingrian: izh Aato
Interlingua: ia Adam
Irish: ga Ádhamh
Italian: it Adamo
Japanese: ja アダム Adamu
Kashubian: csb Jadóm m
Korean: ko ^애덤
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ئادەم
Northern Kurdish: kmr Adem
Latin: la Ādām m
Latvian: lv Ādams
Lithuanian: lt Adomas
Macedonian: mk А́дам m
Malay: ms Adam
Māori: mi Ārama
Middle English: enm Adam
Norwegian: no Adam
Persian: fa آدم âdam, fa آدام âdâm
Polish: pl Adam m
Portuguese: pt Adão m
Russian: ru Ада́м m
Sardinian: sc Adàmu
Scottish Gaelic: gd Àdhamh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh А̀дам m
Latin: sh Àdam m
Sinhalese: si ආදම්
Slovak: sk Adam m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb Hadam m
Spanish: es Adán m
Swahili: sw Adamu
Swedish: sv Adam
Tamil: ta ஆடம்
Thai: th อาดัม
Tok Pisin: tpi Adam
Turkish: tr Adem
Urdu: ur آدم m
Walloon: wa Adan
Welsh: cy Adda m
Zazaki: zza Adam, zza Adam
figuratively: original sin; human frailty
Finnish: fi Aatami, fi vanha Aatami
with "last" or "second", Jesus Christ
Finnish: fi Aadam
Greek: el Αδάμ m
Middle English: enm Adam
designating a neoclassical style
Finnish: fi Adam, fi Adam-tyyli
surname derived from Adam or its equivalents in other languages
Albanian: sq Adami, sq Adhami, sq Ademi
Bulgarian: bg Ада́мов m
Finnish: fi Aatamila
Thai: th อาดัม
See also
en Eve
Wikipedia article on Adam and Eve
Wikipedia article on original sin
en Edom
en Esau
References
ecstasy
Anagrams
en aadm A.A.M.D. dama
en eponyms
en Biblical characters
Albanian
Etymology
From sq la Ādām, la Ādāmus, from sq grc Ἀδάμ, grc Ἄδαμος, from sq hbo - he אָדָם adam earth, man, soil, light brown Hebr, from he אדמה adamah red earth, ground Hebr.
Proper noun
m Adami
sq male Adam
sq religion Christianity Adam biblical figure
sq religion Islam sq Adem Adam
Declension
ë i
Derived terms
sq Adami m patronym
sq Adamaj patronym
Related terms
sq Ademi m patronym
sq Ademaj patronym
sq Biblical characters
Catalan
Etymology
From ca he אָדָם adam earth, man, soil, light brown.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
ca male Adam
en Adam biblical figure
Derived terms
ca adàmic
ca adamita
ca Biblical characters
Cornish
Pronunciation
kw /ˈædəm/
Proper noun
kw proper noun
en Adam biblical figure
Czech
cs:
Etymology
cs :bor he:אָדָם<id:Adam><tr:adam>
cs he אָדָם adam earth, man, soil, light brown.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an Adámek,Damek,Áďa
en Adam biblical figure
cs male Adam Hebrew
Declension
m.an
cs Biblical characters
Danish
Etymology
From da he אָדָם adam earth, man, soil, light brown.
Pronunciation
da [ˈæːd̥ɑm]
Proper noun
en Adam biblical figure
da male
da Biblical characters
Dutch
Etymology
From nl dum Adam, from nl la Ādām, from nl grc Ἀδάμ, from nl he אָדָם Adam.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈaː.dɑm/
nl Nl-Adam.ogg
nl Adam
Proper noun
m
en Adam Biblical character, mythological first man
nl male Hebrew
Derived terms
nl adamsappel
nl adamskostuum
nl Biblical characters
Ewe
Etymology
Ultimately from ee hbo אָדָם adám man, human being.
Pronunciation
Ádàm
Proper noun
ee proper noun Ádàm
ee male Adam
ee Adam Q70899 1 biblical character
ee Xawa<t:Eve>
French
Etymology
fr he אָדָם adam earth, man, soil, light brown.
Pronunciation
[am:an]
fr Fr-Adam.oga Paris
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Adam.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Adam.wav France
Proper noun
m
en Adam biblical figure
fr male Adanet,Adenot,Adnet,Adnot
Derived terms
fr ne connaître ni d'Ève ni d'Adam
fr pomme d'Adam
fr tenue d'Adam
Descendants
vi A-đam 1
Anagrams
fr dama
fr Biblical characters
German
Etymology
de la Adam, from de grc Ἀδάμ, from de he אָדָם ʾāḏām man, soil, light brown.
Pronunciation
de /ˈaːdam/
de De-Adam.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
m
de biblical character Adam
de male Adi
Hausa
Etymology
From ha ar آدَم.
Pronunciation
adàm
Proper noun
m Adàm
en Adam biblical character
Derived terms
ha ɗan Adàm
ha Biblical characters
Icelandic
Etymology
is he אָדָם adam earth, man, soil, light brown.
Proper noun
@@
en Adam biblical figure
is male
Declension
m.dat-
Derived terms
is adamsepli
is Adam og Eva
See also
is Eva
References
Anagrams
is dama
is Biblical characters
Italian
Etymology
Alteration of en MDMA.
Noun
m #
it informal ecstasy (drug)
Anagrams
it aadm dama
Kashubian
Alternative forms
csb Adóm Jadam<q:Dialectal>
Etymology
csb :bor pl:Adam + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr adamów adamòwi
en Adam biblical figure
csb male Adam
Further reading
Adam
csb Biblical characters
Latin
Alternative forms
la Ādāmus
Etymology
la :bor grc:Ἀδάμ<id:Adam> first man ++
Pronunciation
Ādām yes
Proper noun
((Ādām<0>,Ādām<1.both>)) m
la biblical en Adam
la 1078 Anselm of Canterbury s:la:Proslogion seu Alloquium de Dei existentia Heu! Publicus luctus hominum, universalis planctus filiorum Adae! Alas for the common woe of man, the universal sorrow of the children of Adam!
la male en:Adam
Declension
((Ādām<0>,Ādām<1.both>))
Descendants
sq Adam 1
nl Adam 1
it Adamo 1
gmh Adam 1
ang Adam 1
roa-opt Adan 1
sga Ádam 1
References
la Biblical characters
Lombard
Etymology
From lmo la Ādām.
Proper noun
lmo proper noun m
lmo Old Lombard en Adam (biblical character)
Descendants
lmo Adamm
Malay
ms:Nabi +
Etymology
ms ar آدم.
Pronunciation
ms [a.dam]
ms dam am 2
ms A dam
Proper noun
ادم
ms Q70899 ms Abrahamism religion The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
ms male Arabic
Compounds
ms anak Adam bani Adam cucu Adam kulit Adam
Further reading
ms Biblical characters Islamic prophets
Maltese
Etymology
From mt scn Adamu, mt Addamu and/or mt it Adamo, both from mt la Ādāmus, from mt grc Ἀδάμ, from mt he אָדָם āḏām. All religious names (though not all religious words) in Maltese are borrowings from Romance. The inherited form from ar آدَم would be mt *Iedem, which is preserved in mt bniedem human being son of Adam.
Pronunciation
mt /aˈdaːm/
mt LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-Adam.wav Gozo
mt aːm 2
Proper noun
proper noun m
en Adam
Derived terms
mt tadama
Middle English
Etymology
enm :inh ang:Adam
From enm ang Adam, from enm la Ādāmus, la Ādām, from enm grc Ἀδάμ, grc Ἄδαμος, from enm hbo אָדָם adam Hebr.
Pronunciation
enm /aˈdaːm/ /ˈadam/
Proper noun
enm proper noun
en Adam Biblical progenitor of humankind.
enm male Hebrew; en Adam
enm with newe or last Jesus Christ.
Descendants
en Adam
sco Adam 1
References
Adā̆m n MED443 2019-07-15
enm Biblical characters
Middle High German
Etymology
gmh :lbor la:Ādām<id:first man> first man ++
Proper noun
gmh proper noun m
gmh male
gmh Abrahamism biblical character en Adam
Declension
m
Descendants
gmw-cfr
hrx Aadem
de Adam
References
Adam A00066
Adam
Norwegian
Etymology
From no he אָדָם adam earth, man, soil, light brown.
Proper noun
no proper noun
en Adam biblical figure
no male
no Biblical characters
Old English
Alternative forms
ang Adom
Etymology
ang :lbor la:Ādām<id:first man> first man ++
Pronunciation
Adam
Proper noun
Adam m
en Adam Biblical character
c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
ang On ðām syxtan dæġe hē ġesċōp eall dēorcynn, ⁊ ealle nȳtena þe on fēower fōtum gāð, ⁊ þā tweġen menn Adam ⁊ Ēfan On the sixth day, he created all kinds of animal, and all the beasts that move on four feet, and the two people, Adam and Eve.
Declension
Adam sg
Descendants
enm Adam
ang Biblical characters
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :der he:אָדָם<id:Adam><tr:adam><t:earth, man, soil, light brown> 1 +
Pronunciation
Pl-Adam.ogg
Proper noun
m-pr Adaś
en Adam biblical figure
pl male Adam
Declension
Adam Adamowie Adama Adamów Adamowi Adamom Adama Adamów Adamem Adamami Adamie Adamach Adamie Adamowie
Further reading
pl Biblical characters
Romanian
Etymology
ro :bor cu:Адамъ + 1
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Adam.wav
Proper noun
m
ro male
ro
ro village commune/Drăgușeni county/Galați c/Romania
Scots
Etymology
From sco enm Adam, from sco la Ādāmus, la Ādām, from sco grc Ἀδάμ.
Proper noun
en Adam biblical figure
Derived terms
sco Adamite Adamson Addison
References
prop.n
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
sh he אָדָם adam earth, man, soil, light brown. sh Adem.
Pronunciation
Àdam
sh A dam
Proper noun
Àdam m-an
sh biblical en Adam
sh male Hebrew
Declension
Adam Adama Adamu Adama Adame Adamu Adamom
See also
sh Adem
Further reading
sh Biblical characters
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr
en Adam biblical figure
sk male
Declension
m-pr name
Derived terms
sk Aduš
sk Ado
sk Adamko
sk Adko
Further reading
sk Biblical characters
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es Adán biblical figure
es 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
Etymology
From sv he אָדָם adam earth, man, soil, light brown.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Adam.wav
Interjection
sv interjection
The letter "A" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
Proper noun
c
en Adam biblical figure
sv male Adde
References
saob
sv Biblical characters
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From tpi en Adam.
Proper noun
tpi proper noun
en Adam
Jenesis 2 20 Tasol i no gat wanpela bilong ol dispela samting inap i stap poroman bilong helpim Adam.
Turkish
Etymology
Proper noun
tr male Arabic, less common variant of tr Adem
Walloon
Alternative forms
Adan
Pronunciation
wa /a.ˈdam/
Proper noun
wa proper noun
wa biblical character Adam
wa male Adam