Ádhamh

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”).

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ɑːvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ɑːw/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaːwə/^[1]

Ádhamh m (genitive Ádhaimh)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Adam
2. (biblical) Adam

• Ádhamhchlann (“the human race”, literally “the children of Adam”)
• síol Ádhaimh, sliocht Ádhaimh (“the human race”, literally “Adam’s descendants”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Ádhamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Ádam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ádhamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Ádhamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025