Abisyn

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Greek Αβησσυνός (Avissynós), from Latin Abissinus, from Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša). First attested in 1609.

Noun

Abisyn m pers

  1. (Middle Polish) Abyssinian (native of Ethiopia)
    Synonyms: (historical) Abisyńczyk, Etiopczyk
  2. (Middle Polish) pre-Chalcedonian, monophysite Ethiopian Christian

Declension

adjective
nouns

References

  • Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (25.03.2020) “ABISYN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
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