abessinsk
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- abyssinsk (obsolete)
- abyssinisk (obsolete)
Etymology
From Abessinia + -sk, first part from the place name Abyssinia, from Medieval Latin Abissini, a form of Abissīnus (“Abyssinian, Ethiopian”), either from Arabic الحَبَشِيّ (al-ḥabašiyy, “Ethiopian”), a form of الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša, “Abyssinia”) (with the suffix ـِيّ (-iyy)), from the root ح ب ش (ḥ b š), or from Amharic ሀበሻ (häbäša, “Habesha (The inhabitants of Abyssinia)”). Last part from Old Norse -iskr, -skr, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abəˈsiːnsk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iːnsk
- Hyphenation: ab‧es‧sinsk
Adjective
abessinsk (neuter singular abessinsk, definite singular and plural abessinske)
- (dated, historical) Abyssinian (of or pertaining to Abyssinia or its inhabitants)
- 1854, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter IV, page 106:
- et abyssiniskt pant før bryllupsfesten paa undersaatlig ømhed
- an Abyssinian pledge before the wedding feast on submissive tenderness
- 1937, Maya Vogt Avaloff, Samtiden, page 64:
- på morssiden stammet [Pusjkin] fra en abessinsk negerprins, Ibrahim Hanibal, som [greven] kjøpte i Konstantinopel
- on the mother's side, [Pushkin] descended from an Abyssinian Negro prince, Ibrahim Hanibal, whom [the Count] bought in Constantinople
- 1938, Nordahl Grieg, Ung må verden ennu være, page 315:
- de små abessinske landsbyene med lerhyttene
- the small Abyssinian villages with the mud huts
- abessinsk katt ― Abyssinian cat
- Synonym: abyssiner
- abessinsk brønn ― tube well (Abyssinian well)
- Synonym: abessinierbrønn
Synonyms
- etiopisk (“Ethiopian”)
Related terms
- Abessinia (“Abyssinia”)
- abessinier (“Abyssinian”)
References
- “abessinsk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “abessinsk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
abessinsk (neuter singular abessinsk, definite singular and plural abessinske)
- Abyssinian (of or pertaining to Abyssinia)
Synonyms
Related terms
- Abessinia
- abessinar, abessiniar
References
- “abessinsk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Abessinien + -sk
Declension
| Inflection of abessinsk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | abessinsk | — | — |
| Neuter singular | abessinskt | — | — |
| Plural | abessinska | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | abessinske | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | abessinske | — | — |
| All | abessinska | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Synonyms
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