Abram

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹəm/ === Etymology 1 === From Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām). ==== Proper noun ==== Abram (countable and uncountable, plural Abrams) Abraham (prophet in the Old Testament). [First attested prior to 1150.] 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. [First attested prior to 1150.] A surname from Hebrew [in turn originating as a patronymic]. [First attested prior to 1150.] A census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, named after Abram Dillard. ===== Derived terms ===== Abram-Village ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== Abram (plural Abrams) (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adjective ==== Abram (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) insane; mad (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) naked. ===== 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 === === Anagrams === Bamar, Brama, ambar == Franco-Provençal == === Proper noun === Abram (Old Neuchâtelois) Alternative form of Abraham == German == === Etymology === Derived from Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām) === Pronunciation === === 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 (avrám). Doublet of Abraham. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.bram/ Rhymes: -abram Syllabification: A‧bram === 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 Faraon zapłacił Abramowi za Saraj sowicie. ― Pharaoh paid Abram handsomely for Sarai. (countable) a male surname from Hebrew ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Abram f (indeclinable) (countable) a female surname from Hebrew === Further reading === Abram in Polish dictionaries at PWN “Abram”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hungarian Ábrány. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Abram m a commune of Bihor County, Romania a village in Abram, Bihor County, Romania == Slovene == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /àːbram/ === Proper noun === Ábram m anim a surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Abram”, in Statistični urad Republike Slovenije : Imena [Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia: Names] (in Slovene) Keber, Janez (2021), Leksikon priimkov [Dictionary of Surnames] (in Slovene), Celje: Celjska Mohorjeva družba, →ISBN, page 33 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈbɾam/ [aˈβ̞ɾãm] Rhymes: -am Syllabification: A‧bram === Proper noun === Abram m Abram (Biblical character)