abbatissa

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Latin

Etymology

abbās (“abbot”) +‎ -issa (“feminine noun-forming suffix”).

Pronunciation 1

Noun

abbātissa f (genitive abbātissae, masculine abbās); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) abbess, female head of an abbey
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative abbātissa abbātissae
Genitive abbātissae abbātissārum
Dative abbātissae abbātissīs
Accusative abbātissam abbātissās
Ablative abbātissā abbātissīs
Vocative abbātissa abbātissae
Descendants

Pronunciation 2

Noun

abbātissā f

  1. ablative singular of abbātissa

References

  • “abbatissa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). →ISBN. page 1.

Maltese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian abbatissa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.baˈtɪs.sa/
  • Audio (Gozo)(file)

Noun

abbatissa f (plural abbatissi, masculine abbati)

  1. abbess

Related terms

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abbātissa (“abbess”).

Noun

abbatissa f (genitive abbatissu, plural abbatissur)

  1. abbess

Declension

  Declension of abbatissa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative abbatissa abbatissan abbatissur abbatissurnar
accusative abbatissu abbatissuna abbatissur abbatissurnar
dative abbatissu abbatissunni abbatissum abbatissunum
genitive abbatissu abbatissunnar abbatissna abbatissnanna
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