Abessinia

Finnish

Etymology

From German Abessinien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑbesːiniɑ/, [ˈɑ̝be̞s̠ˌs̠iniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iniɑ
• Syllabification^(key): A‧bes‧si‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): A‧bes‧si‧nia

Proper noun

Abessinia

1. (historical) Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century)

Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Abyssinia" is Abessiniassa.

Inflection of Abessinia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Abessinia	—
genitive		Abessinian	—
partitive		Abessiniaa	—
illative		Abessiniaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Abessinia	—
accusative	nom.	Abessinia	—
	gen.	Abessinian
genitive		Abessinian	—
partitive		Abessiniaa	—
inessive		Abessiniassa	—
elative		Abessiniasta	—
illative		Abessiniaan	—
adessive		Abessinialla	—
ablative		Abessinialta	—
allative		Abessinialle	—
essive		Abessiniana	—
translative		Abessiniaksi	—
abessive		Abessiniatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Abessinia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Abessiniani — accusative nom. Abessiniani — gen. Abessiniani genitive Abessiniani — partitive Abessiniaani — inessive Abessiniassani — elative Abessiniastani — illative Abessiniaani — adessive Abessiniallani — ablative Abessinialtani — allative Abessinialleni — essive Abessinianani — translative Abessiniakseni — abessive Abessiniattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Abessiniasi — accusative nom. Abessiniasi — gen. Abessiniasi genitive Abessiniasi — partitive Abessiniaasi — inessive Abessiniassasi — elative Abessiniastasi — illative Abessiniaasi — adessive Abessiniallasi — ablative Abessinialtasi — allative Abessiniallesi — essive Abessinianasi — translative Abessiniaksesi — abessive Abessiniattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Abessiniamme — accusative nom. Abessiniamme — gen. Abessiniamme genitive Abessiniamme — partitive Abessiniaamme — inessive Abessiniassamme — elative Abessiniastamme — illative Abessiniaamme — adessive Abessiniallamme — ablative Abessinialtamme — allative Abessiniallemme — essive Abessinianamme — translative Abessiniaksemme — abessive Abessiniattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Abessinianne — accusative nom. Abessinianne — gen. Abessinianne genitive Abessinianne — partitive Abessiniaanne — inessive Abessiniassanne — elative Abessiniastanne — illative Abessiniaanne — adessive Abessiniallanne — ablative Abessinialtanne — allative Abessiniallenne — essive Abessiniananne — translative Abessiniaksenne — abessive Abessiniattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Abessiniansa — accusative nom. Abessiniansa — gen. Abessiniansa genitive Abessiniansa — partitive Abessiniaansa — inessive Abessiniassaan Abessiniassansa — elative Abessiniastaan Abessiniastansa — illative Abessiniaansa — adessive Abessiniallaan Abessiniallansa — ablative Abessinialtaan Abessinialtansa — allative Abessinialleen Abessiniallensa — essive Abessinianaan Abessinianansa — translative Abessiniakseen Abessiniaksensa — abessive Abessiniattaan Abessiniattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• abessinialainen

compounds

• abessiniangenetti
• abessinianleijona

Norwegian Bokmål

This is the flag of the Ethiopian Empire used from 1941–1974.

The Empire of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), the Kingdom of Shoa (Shewa) and the Emirate of Harar c. 1873.

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin Abissīnī (“the Abyssinians”), 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)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abəˈsiːnɪa/

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• Rhymes: -ɪa
• Hyphenation: A‧bes‧si‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Abessinia

1. (historical) Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century)

Synonyms

• Etiopia (“Ethiopia”)

Derived terms

• abessinier
• abessinsk
• abyssinisk
• abyssinsk

References

• “Abyssinia” in Store norske leksikon
• “Abessinia” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Abessinia

1. (historical) Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century)

Synonyms

• Etiopia

Derived terms

• abessinar, abessiniar
• abessinsk