aboensisk
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin aboensis, from Aboa (“Turku”), suffixed with -ensisk.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]aboensisk (not comparable)
- (chiefly Finland) pertaining to the university of Turku in Finland
- 2017, “Unga Åbokonstnärer fick Konstföreningens stipendier”, in Svenska Yle[1]:
- Konstföreningen i Åbo – Turun Taideyhdistys ry delar årligen ut stipendier åt aboensiska bildkonstnärer.
- The Turku Art Association annually hands out stipends to visual artists from Turku
Usage notes
[edit]- Sometimes used outside of academic circles, but often with a slightly humorous connotation.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of aboensisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | aboensisk | — | — |
| Neuter singular | aboensiskt | — | — |
| Plural | aboensiska | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | aboensiske | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | aboensiske | — | — |
| All | aboensiska | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Aboensisk”, in Språkbruk, Institute for the Languages of Finland, 2010