abuna

See also: abuną, Abuna, and Abunã

English

Alternative forms

• abun

Etymology

From Amharic አቡነ (ʾäbunä), Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈbuːnə/

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Noun

abuna (plural abunas)

2. (Christianity) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 242:

     Around these leaders are still numerous hereditary dynasties of non-monastic clergy who, over the centuries, might swarm in their thousands to seek ordination on the abun’s rare visits to their area.

Translations

head of the Abyssinian church

• Polish: abuna m
• Portuguese: abuna m

Polish

Alternative forms

• abunan (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic አቡነ (ʾäbunä), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”). First attested in 1564.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbu.na/
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: a‧bu‧na

Noun

abuna m pers

1. (Christianity) abuna (the Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church)
   • 1564, M. Bielski, Kronika‎^[1], page 462:

     Pátryárchę wybieráią [chrześcijanie afrykańscy] Mnichá s Klaſztorá S. Antoniego puſtelniká/ á zową go Abunán

     African Christians choose a patriarch monk from the hermit Saint Anthony's monastery/and they call him an abuna.

   • 1841, Gazeta Codzienna‎^[2], number 163, page 3:

     Nie jest to nic dziwnego, bo Abissyńczycy zawsze Abunę swego z egiptu otrzymują.

     This isn't anything strange, because Abyssinians always get their abuna from Egypt.

   • 1974, Wacław Korabiewicz, Śladami amuletu‎^[3], page 162:

     Przekradali się konsekrowani przez archimandrytę aleksandryjskiego kolejni abunowie.

     The next consecrated abunas snuck over through the Alexandrian archimandrite

   • 2003 July 18, leszek, “ciekawostka z historii Etiopii”, in pl.sci.historia‎^[4] (Usenet):

     W książce którą cytowałem nie ma takich informacji (ani o odwróceniu
     biegu Nilu, ani o prześladowaniu abunów).

     In the book I was quoting from there is no information (neither about changing the
     course of the Nile nor about harassing abunas.

Declension

Declension of abuna

	singular	plural
nominative	abuna	abunowie
genitive	abuny	abunów
dative	abunowi	abunom
accusative	abunę	abunów
instrumental	abuną	abunami
locative	abunie	abunach
vocative	abuno	abunowie

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbũ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbũ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbu.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbu.nɐ/ [ɐˈβu.nɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧bu‧na

Noun

abuna m (plural abunas)

1. (Christianity) abuna (the Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church)