Absalon

See also: Absalón

English

Proper noun

Absalon

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• Albanos

Danish

Proper noun

Absalon

1. a male given name, a variant of biblical Absalom best known for the bishop Absalon Hvide. Both names are very rare

Related terms

• Axel, Aksel

Faroese

Proper noun

Absalon m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Absalon: Absalonsson
• daughter of Absalon: Absalonsdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Absalon
accusative	Absalon
dative	Absaloni
genitive	Absalons

French

Alternative forms

• Absalom

Proper noun

Absalon m

1. Absalom

Icelandic

Proper noun

Absalon m (proper noun, genitive singular Absalons)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Absalon (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Absalon
accusative	Absalon
dative	Absaloni
genitive	Absalons

Latin

Alternative forms

• Abessālōm
• Abessālōn

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβεσαλώμ (Abesalṓm), derived from Biblical Hebrew אַבְשָׁלוֹם (Avshalóm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈab.sa.loːn/, [ˈäps̠äɫ̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈab.sa.lon/, [ˈäbsälon]

Proper noun

Absalōn m sg (genitive Absalōnis); third declension

1. (biblical) Absalom

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Absalōn
genitive	Absalōnis
dative	Absalōnī
accusative	Absalōnem
ablative	Absalōne
vocative	Absalōn

References

• “Absalon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Absalon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Absalōn. First attested in c. 1500.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /apsalʲɔ(ː)n/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /apsalʲɔn/, /apsalʲon/

Proper noun

Absalon m pers

1. (attested in Greater Poland, biblical) Absalom
   • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 2r:

     Absalon pax patris interpretatur proprium nomen viri Absalon

     [Absalon pax patris interpretatur proprium nomen viri Absalon]

Descendants

• Polish: Absalon

References

• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “Absalon”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Swedish

Proper noun

Absalon c (genitive Absalons)

1. a male given name, the biblical character Absalom