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Webster 1913 Edition

Adam

Ad′am

,
Noun.
1.
The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
2.
(As a symbol)
“Original sin;” human frailty.
And whipped the offending
Adam
out of him.
Shakespeare
Adam’s ale
,
water.
[Coll.]
–
Adam's apple
.
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
A species of banana (
Musa paradisiaca
). It attains a height of twenty feet or more.
Paxton.
(b)
A species of lime (
Citris limetta
).
2.
The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent.
–
Adam's flannel
(Bot.)
,
the mullein (
Verbascum thapsus
).
–
Adam's needle
(Bot.)
,
the popular name of a genus (
Yucca
) of liliaceous plants.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adam

AD'AM

,
Noun.
In Heb., Man; primarily, the name of the human species, mankind; appropriately, the first Man, the progenitor of the human race. The word signifies form, shape, or suitable form, hence, species. It is evidently connected with Heb., to be like or equal, to form an image, to assimilate. Whence the sense of likeness, image, form, shape; Gr., a body, like. [See Man.]
Adam's apple, a species of citron [See Citron] also the prominent part of the throat.
Ad'am's needle, the popular name of the yucca, a plant of four species, cultivated in gardens. Of the roots, the Indians made a kind of bread. [See Yucca.]

Definition 2025

Ádám

Ádám

See also: adam, adām, ādām, Adam, Ádam, Âdam, and A'dam

Hungarian

Proper noun

Ádám

  1. A male given name. Hungarian equivalent of Adam.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Ádám Ádámok
accusative Ádámot Ádámokat
dative Ádámnak Ádámoknak
instrumental Ádámmal Ádámokkal
causal-final Ádámért Ádámokért
translative Ádámmá Ádámokká
terminative Ádámig Ádámokig
essive-formal Ádámként Ádámokként
essive-modal — —
inessive Ádámban Ádámokban
superessive Ádámon Ádámokon
adessive Ádámnál Ádámoknál
illative Ádámba Ádámokba
sublative Ádámra Ádámokra
allative Ádámhoz Ádámokhoz
elative Ádámból Ádámokból
delative Ádámról Ádámokról
ablative Ádámtól Ádámoktól
Possessive forms of Ádám
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Ádámom Ádámjaim
2nd person sing. Ádámod Ádámjaid
3rd person sing. Ádámja Ádámjai
1st person plural Ádámunk Ádámjaink
2nd person plural Ádámotok Ádámjaitok
3rd person plural Ádámjuk Ádámjaik

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaːdaːm]
  • Hyphenation: Ádám

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