aboensisk

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin aboensis, from Aboa (“Turku”), suffixed with -ensisk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abʊˈɛnsɪsk/
  • Rhymes: -¹ɛnsɪsk

Adjective

aboensisk (not comparable)

  1. (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

  • Sometimes used outside of academic circles, but often with a slightly humorous connotation.

Declension

Inflection of aboensisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular aboensisk — —
neuter singular aboensiskt — —
plural aboensiska — —
masculine plural2 aboensiske — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 aboensiske — —
all aboensiska — —

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.

  • aboens

References

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