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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Abessinia + -sk, first part 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): /abʏˈsiːnsk/
- Rhymes: -iːnsk
- Hyphenation: ab‧ys‧sinsk
Adjective
abyssinsk (neuter singular abyssinsk, definite singular and plural abyssinske, comparative mer abyssinsk, superlative mest abyssinsk)
- (historical, obsolete) Abyssinian (of or pertaining to Ethiopia or its inhabitants)
- Synonym: etiopisk
1933, Aksel Sandemose, En flyktning krysser sitt spor, page 112:den tenkende hest tenker naturligvis hverken på norsk eller abyssinsk- the thinking horse naturally thinks neither of Norwegian nor Abyssinian
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