Perhaps related to דִּין (dín, “law”) or from Proto-Semitic *ʾadan- (“to rule, judge”). Compare Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎚 (ảdt, “lady”), Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾdn, “lord”), Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis, “mortal lover of the goddess Aphrodite”)
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אָדוֹן • (adón) m (plural indefinite אֲדוֹנִים, singular construct אֲדוֹן־, plural construct אֲדוֹנֵי־)
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | אָדוֹן | first | אֲדוֹנִי | אֲדוֹנֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָאָדוֹן | second | אֲדוֹנְךָ | אֲדוֹנֵךְ | אֲדוֹנְכֶם | אֲדוֹנְכֶן | |
| construct | אֲדוֹן־ | third | אֲדוֹנוֹ | אֲדוֹנָהּ | אֲדוֹנָם | אֲדוֹנָן | |
| plural | indefinite | אֲדוֹנִים | first | אדוניי / אֲדוֹנַי | אֲדוֹנֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָאֲדוֹנִים | second | אֲדוֹנֶיךָ | אדונייך / אֲדוֹנַיִךְ | אֲדוֹנֵיכֶם | אֲדוֹנֵיכֶן | |
| construct | אֲדוֹנֵי־ | third | אֲדוֹנָיו | אֲדוֹנֶיהָ | אֲדוֹנֵיהֶם | אֲדוֹנֵיהֶן | |
From Hebrew אָדוֹן (adón, “lord”).
אדון • (adoyn) m