# Адам
## Belarusian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈdam]

### Proper noun

Ада́м • (Adám) m pers (genitive Ада́ма, nominative plural Ада́мы, genitive plural Ада́маў)
* (Abrahamic religions) Adam (the first man and the progenitor of the human race)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adam

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### Derived terms

* Адамавіч (Adamavič)
* Адамаўна (Adamaŭna)
* Адась (Adasʹ)
* Адаш (Adaš)
* Адзік (Adzik)
* Адук (Aduk)

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic Адамъ (Adamŭ). Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
With the stress А́дам (Ádam), it is often borrowed back from English or some other language in which the name is initially stressed.

### Pronunciation

* Ада́м: IPA: [ɐˈdam]
* Audio:(file)
* А́дам: IPA: [ˈadɐm]
* Syllabification: А‧дам
* Hyphenation: Адам

### Proper noun

Ада́м • (Adám)
* (Abrahamic religions) Adam (the first man and the progenitor of the human race)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Adam, Latin Ādām, or Ancient Greek Ᾱ̓δᾱ́μ (Ādā́m)

#### Derived terms

* ада́мов (adámov)
* от дядо Адама (ot djado Adama)
* от Адам и Ева (ot Adam i Eva)

### Proper noun

А́дам • (Ádam)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adam

### References

* “Адам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

## Kazakh
### Etymology

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

### Proper noun

Адам • (Adam)
* (Abrahamic religions) Adam (the first man and the progenitor of the human race)

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈadam]
* Hyphenation: А‧дам

### Proper noun

Адам • (Adam) m (relational adjective Адамов)
* (Abrahamic religions) Adam (the first man and the progenitor of the human race)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adam

#### See also

* адам m (adam)

### References

* Koneski, Kiril (1999) “Адам”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 3

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* Ада́мъ (Adám) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adám, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈdam]

### Proper noun

Ада́м • (Adám) m anim (genitive Ада́ма, nominative plural Ада́мы, genitive plural Ада́мов)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
* (Abrahamic religions) Adam (the first man and the progenitor of the human race)

#### Derived terms

* (Diminutives:) А́да (Áda), А́дя (Ádja)
* (Endearing forms:) Ада́ша (Adáša), Ада́мушка (Adámuška)
* (Patronymics:) Ада́мович (Adámovič)/Ада́мыч (Adámyč), Ада́мовна (Adámovna)/Ада́мна (Adámna)
* (Surnames:) Ада́мов (Adámov)
* (Adjective:) ада́мов (adámov)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǎdam/
* Hyphenation: А‧дам

### Proper noun

А̀дам m (Latin spelling Àdam)
* (Abrahamic religions) Adam (the first man and the progenitor of the human race)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adam

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈdam]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Ада́м • (Adám) m pers (genitive Ада́ма, nominative plural Ада́ми, genitive plural Ада́мів)
* (Abrahamic religions) Adam (the first man and the progenitor of the human race)
* a male given name, Adam, equivalent to English Adam

#### Derived terms

* Ада́менко (Adámenko) (surname)
* Ада́мович (Adámovyč) (patronymic)
* Ада́мівна (Adámivna) (patronymic)

### References

* “Адам”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)