abessinsk

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Norwegian Bokmål

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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)

  1. (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 fra en abessinsk negerprins, Ibrahim Hanibal, som kjøpte i Konstantinopel
      on the mother's side, descended from an Abyssinian Negro prince, Ibrahim Hanibal, whom 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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Abessinia +‎ -sk.

Adjective

abessinsk (neuter singular abessinsk, definite singular and plural abessinske)

  1. Abyssinian (of or pertaining to Abyssinia)

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Swedish

Etymology

Abessinien +‎ -sk

Adjective

abessinsk (not (comparable))

  1. Abyssinian

Declension

Inflection of abessinsk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular abessinsk — —
neuter singular abessinskt — —
plural abessinska — —
masculine plural2 abessinske — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 abessinske — —
all abessinska — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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