ʾ d m
25 lemmas · 8 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.T Gen.1.26
Themes:adam·5human·4man· رَجُل · אִישׁ·3earth· أَرْض · אֶרֶץ·3soil·3
POS shape:noun·13name·5adj·5verb·2
This root is attested across 8 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*ʾ-d-mProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎀𐎄𐎎𐎀 𐎄 𐎎— humankind
Canaanite
Hebrewאָדָםא ד ם— man, human
Phoenician𐤀𐤃𐤌𐤀 𐤃 𐤌— man
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicאדםא ד מ— Adam.
Syriacܐܕܡܐ ܕ ܡ— Adam
Turoyoܐܕܡܐܐ ܕ ܡ— blood
Arabic
Arabicآدَمء د م— human
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezአዳምአ ደ መ— delightful, pleasant, sweet, beautiful
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- humankindFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-. Compare Hebrew אָדָם (ʾāḏām), אֲדָמָה (ʾăḏāmā).
Phoenician
irregular reflexphn · 1 lemma- man
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 2 lemmas- Adam.Etymology tree
- earth, soil, dust
Classical Syriac
syc · 2 lemmas- AdamEtymology tree
- earth, soil, dustFrom Hebrew אֲדָמָה (ʾăḏāmâ).
Hebrew
he · 8 lemmas- man, humanInherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-. Comparable to Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤌 (ʾdm, “man, earthling”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎎 (ảdm, “man; red earth, red ochre”), Old South Arabian 𐩱𐩵𐩣 (ʾdm, “vassals, subjects”), Ge'ez ዶም (dom, “slave”), Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒄠𒈬 (a-da-am-mu /adamu/, “blood”), Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒈠𒌈 (a-da-ma-tum /adamātu/, “dark red earth…
▸ 1 derivation
- derivedבֶּן־אָדָםben-adám
- a male given name, equivalent to English AdamInherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-. Comparable to Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤌 (ʾdm, “man, earthling”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎎 (ảdm, “man; red earth, red ochre”), Old South Arabian 𐩱𐩵𐩣 (ʾdm, “vassals, subjects”), Ge'ez ዶም (dom, “slave”), Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒄠𒈬 (a-da-am-mu /adamu/, “blood”), Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒈠𒌈 (a-da-ma-tum /adamātu/, “dark red earth…
- defective spelling of אדום (adóm, “red”).
- defective spelling of אודם (ódem, “redness”).
- redCompare Akkadian 𒌑𒁺𒈠𒀀𒀀, Classical Syriac ܐܕܘܡ, Arabic ادوم, Edomite 𐤀𐤃𐤌 (ʾdm).
- redCompare Akkadian 𒌑𒁺𒈠𒀀𒀀, Classical Syriac ܐܕܘܡ, Arabic ادوم, Edomite 𐤀𐤃𐤌 (ʾdm).
- earth, soil, land
- rubella (a mild disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract, and characterised by a rash of pink dots, fever and swollen lymph nodes)
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- humanTerminology of the religious sphere borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (āḏā́m, “man, person”), with a foreign pattern like عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).
- AdamTerminology of the religious sphere borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (āḏā́m, “man, person”), with a foreign pattern like عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).
- of an intermixed or tinged coloration, especially with added black or white, whitened, off-whiteColor or defect adjective from the root ء د م (ʔ d m).
- to enrich with some ingredient or company, to associate
- human, humaneEtymology tree
- human being, manEtymology tree
- archaic spelling of آدَمْ (ʔādam, “Adam”)
Ge'ez
gez · 2 lemmas- delightful, pleasant, sweet, beautiful
- paradise, EdenFrom Ancient Greek Εδέμ (Edém), from Hebrew עֵדֶן.
Turoyo
tru · 1 lemma- blood