proper noun · masculineindeclinable, variously declined, first declension
Ādām
Ādām m (genitive Ādām or Ādae)
Classical[ˈaː.dãː]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.dam]
Meaning
- indeclinableAdam
Heu! Publicus luctus hominum, universalis planctus filiorum Adae!
Alas for the common woe of man, the universal sorrow of the children of Adam!1078, Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion seu Alloquium de Dei existentia: - indeclinablea male given name, equivalent to English Adam
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ādām | Ādae |
| genitive | Ādām Ādae | Ādārum |
| dative | Ādām Ādae | Ādīs |
| accusative | Ādām | Ādās |
| ablative | Ādām Ādā | Ādīs |
| vocative | Ādām | Ādae |
Ā^dam, indecl. m., Charis. 94 P., or
I. gen. Adae, also ā^dāmus, i, , Adam (A common in quantity, cf. Prud. Apoth. 759 and 1078, with Aus. Idyll. 1, 14).
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם, from Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-.
Descendants
- ItalianAdamo
- GermanAdamfrom Middle High German Adam
- EnglishAdamfrom Old English Adam
- EnglishAdamsfrom Old English Adam
- EnglishMcAdamfrom Old English Adam
- EnglishMcAdamsfrom Old English Adam
- EnglishMcCawfrom Old English Adam
- EnglishMacAdamfrom Old English Adam
- EnglishMacAdamsfrom Old English Adam
- EnglishMacCawfrom Old English Adam