Abram
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Abram
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Abram (countable and uncountable, plural Abrams)
- 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
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname from Hebrew .
Derived terms
Translations
Old Testament patriarch
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Noun
Abram (plural Abrams)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man
Derived terms
Adjective
Abram
- (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.
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) naked.
- She's all Abram
Derived terms
- (naked): Abram cove (“poor or naked man”)
Etymology 2
From Old English Eadburh's (a woman's name) hām.
Proper noun
Abram (countable and uncountable, plural Abrams)
- A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD6001).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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.
- ^ (1788) “Abram”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: S. Hooper, , →OCLC.
Anagrams
Franco-Provençal
Proper noun
Abram (Old Neuchâtelois)
- Alternative form of Abraham
German
Etymology
Derived from Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām)
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Abram m (proper noun, strong, genitive Abrams)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abram
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Hebrew אַבְרָם. Doublet of Abraham.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Abram m pers
- (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
- (countable) a male surname from Hebrew
Declension
Declension of Abram
Proper noun
Abram f (indeclinable)
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian Ábrány.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Abram m
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ábram m anim
- a surname
Declension
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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
Proper noun
Abram m
- 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)