Abram

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See also: abram, Ábram, Abrám, and Abrâm

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām).

Proper noun

Abram (countable and uncountable, plural Abrams)

  1. Abraham (prophet in the Old Testament).
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Genesis 12:5:
      And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
    • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      O father Abram, what these Christians are,
      Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
      The thoughts of others!
    • 2005–2014, Modern English Version (MEV), Gen. 12:5:
      Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had accumulated, and the people that they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. They came to the land of Canaan.
    • 2005–2014, Modern English Version (MEV), Gen. 17:5:
      No longer will your name be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
    Synonym: Abraham
  2. A male given name from Hebrew.
  3. A surname from Hebrew .
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

Abram (plural Abrams)

  1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man
Derived terms

Adjective

Abram

  1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) insane; mad
    • c. 1608–1610, Samuel Rid, Martin Mark-all, Beadle of Bridewell:
      He maunds Abram, he begs as a madde man.
  2. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) naked.
    She's all Abram
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old English Eadburh's (a woman's name) hām.

Proper noun

Abram (countable and uncountable, plural Abrams)

  1. A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD6001).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abram”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 John S Farmer, compiler (1890) “Abram”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. ">…], volume I, ">…] Thomas Poulter and Sons] , →OCLC, page 10.
  3. ^ (1788) “Abram”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: S. Hooper, , →OCLC.

Anagrams

Franco-Provençal

Proper noun

Abram (Old Neuchâtelois)

  1. Alternative form of Abraham

German

Etymology

Derived from Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Abram m (proper noun, strong, genitive Abrams)

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abram

Polish

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Abram

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Hebrew אַבְרָם. Doublet of Abraham.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abram m pers

  1. (uncountable, biblical, Qur'an) Abraham (prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar)
    Synonym: Abraham
  2. (countable) a male surname from Hebrew

Declension

Proper noun

Abram f (indeclinable)

  1. (countable) a female surname from Hebrew

Further reading

  • Abram in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Abram”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce , 2022

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Ábrány.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abram m

  1. a commune of Bihor County, Romania
  2. a village in Abram, Bihor County, Romania

Slovene

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ábram m anim

  1. a surname

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. Abram
gen. sing. Abrama
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Abram Abrama Abrami
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Abrama Abramov Abramov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Abramu Abramoma Abramom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Abrama Abrama Abrame
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Abramu Abramih Abramih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Abramom Abramoma Abrami

Further reading

  • Keber, Janez (2021) Leksikon priimkov (in Slovene), Celje: Celjska Mohorjeva družba, →ISBN, page 33

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈbɾam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: A‧bram

Proper noun

Abram m

  1. Abram (Biblical character)
    • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 12:5:
      Y tomó Abram á Sarai su mujer, y á Lot hijo de su hermano, y toda su hacienda que habían ganado, y las almas que habían adquirido en Harán, y salieron parair á tierra de Canaán; y á tierra de Canaán llegaron.
      And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. (KJV)