Abisyn

Polish

Alternative forms

• Abasen, Abasyn

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Greek Αβησσυνός (Avissynós), from Latin Abissinus, from Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša). First attested in 1609.

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /aˈbi.sɨn/

Noun

Abisyn m pers

1. (Middle Polish) Abyssinian (native of Ethiopia)

   Synonyms: (historical) Abisyńczyk, Etiopczyk

2. (Middle Polish) pre-Chalcedonian, monophysite Ethiopian Christian

Declension

Attested forms of *Abisyn

	singular	plural
nominative	—	Abisyni/Abisynowie
genitive	—	Abisynów
dative	—	Abisynom
accusative	—	Abisynów/Abisyny
instrumental	—	Abisynami/Abisyny
locative	—	—
vocative	—	—

Related terms

adjective

• abisyński

 

nouns

• Abisynia
• Abisynka
• abisynka
• abisyńczyk
• Abisyńczyk

 

References

• Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (25.03.2020) “ABISYN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]