abessinsk

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• abyssinsk (obsolete)
• abyssinisk (obsolete)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /abəˈsiːnsk/

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• Rhymes: -iːnsk
• Hyphenation: ab‧es‧sinsk

Adjective

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 katt ― Abyssinian cat

   Synonym: abyssiner

   abessinsk brønn ― tube well (Abyssinian well)

   Synonym: abessinierbrønn

Synonyms

• etiopisk (“Ethiopian”)

Related terms

• Abessinia (“Abyssinia”)
• abessinier (“Abyssinian”)

References

• “abessinsk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abessinsk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Abessinia +‎ -sk.

Adjective

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

1. Abyssinian (of or pertaining to Abyssinia)

Synonyms

• etiopisk

Related terms

• Abessinia
• abessinar, abessiniar

References

• “abessinsk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Abessinien +‎ -sk

Adjective

abessinsk (not comparable)

1. Abyssinian

Declension

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

• etiopisk

Further reading

• abessinsk in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker