Norwegian Bokmål

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

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

edit
  • IPA(key): /abəˈsiːnsk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːnsk
  • Hyphenation: ab‧es‧sinsk

Adjective

edit

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 [Pusjkin] fra en abessinsk negerprins, Ibrahim Hanibal, som [greven] kjøpte i Konstantinopel
      on the mother's side, [Pushkin] descended from an Abyssinian Negro prince, Ibrahim Hanibal, whom [the Count] 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 kattAbyssinian cat
    Synonym: abyssiner
    abessinsk brønntube well (Abyssinian well)
    Synonym: abessinierbrønn

Synonyms

edit
edit

References

edit

Norwegian Nynorsk

edit

Etymology

edit

From Abessinia +‎ -sk.

Adjective

edit

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

  1. Abyssinian (of or pertaining to Abyssinia)

Synonyms

edit
edit

References

edit

Swedish

edit

Etymology

edit

Abessinien +‎ -sk

Adjective

edit

abessinsk (not comparable)

  1. Abyssinian

Declension

edit
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.

Synonyms

edit

Further reading

edit