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
Proper noun
Ádhamh m (genitive Ádhaimh)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Adam
- (biblical) Adam
Declension
Declension of Ádhamh
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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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 | |||
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| 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. | |||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Ádhamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Ádam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “Ádhamh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Ádhamh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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