Absalon
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See also: Absalón
English
Proper noun
Absalon
- A surname.
Anagrams
Danish
Proper noun
Absalon
- a male given name, a variant of biblical Absalom best known for the bishop Absalon Hvide. Both names are very rare
Related terms
Faroese
Proper noun
Absalon m
- a male given name
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Absalon: Absalonsson
- daughter of Absalon: Absalonsdóttir
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Absalon |
| accusative | Absalon |
| dative | Absaloni |
| genitive | Absalons |
French
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Absalon m
Icelandic
Proper noun
Absalon m (proper noun, genitive singular Absalons)
- a male given name
Declension
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβεσαλώμ (Abesalṓm), derived from Biblical Hebrew אַבְשָׁלוֹם (Avshalóm).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈab.sa.loːn/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈab.sa.lon/,
Proper noun
Absalōn m sg (genitive Absalōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Absalōn |
| genitive | Absalōnis |
| dative | Absalōnī |
| accusative | Absalōnem |
| ablative | Absalōne |
| vocative | Absalōn |
References
- “Absalon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Absalon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Old Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Absalōn. First attested in c. 1500.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Absalon m pers
- (attested in Greater Poland, biblical) Absalom
Descendants
- Polish: Absalon
References
- Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “Absalon”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Swedish
Proper noun
Absalon c (genitive Absalons)
- a male given name, the biblical character Absalom