abessinsk

• abyssinsk (obsolete)
• abyssinisk (obsolete)

From Abessinia +‎ -sk.

• IPA^(key): /abəˈsiːnsk/

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

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

• etiopisk (“Ethiopian”)

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

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

From Abessinia +‎ -sk.

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

1. Abyssinian (of or pertaining to Abyssinia)

• etiopisk

• Abessinia
• abessinar, abessiniar

• “abessinsk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Abessinien +‎ -sk.

abessinsk (not comparable)

1. Abyssinian

• etiopisk

• abessinsk in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker