Noun: abbadís
Gender: f
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | abbadís |
| Sg. Def. | abbadísin |
| Pl. Indef. | abbadísir |
| Pl. Def. | abbadísirnar |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | abbadísar |
| Sg. Def. | abbadísarinnar |
| Pl. Indef. | abbadísa |
| Pl. Def. | abbadísanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | abbadís |
| Sg. Def. | abbadísinni |
| Pl. Indef. | abbadísum |
| Pl. Def. | abbadísunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | abbadís |
| Sg. Def. | abbadísina |
| Pl. Indef. | abbadísir |
| Pl. Def. | abbadísirnar |
Sample Sentences
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Guðný Helgadóttir var kosin abbadís eptir lát Halldóru, en eigi vígð fyr en síðar af Agli biskupi Eyjólfssyni 1332. (Gudný Helgadóttir was elected abbess after the death of Halldóra, but was not consecrated until later by Bishop Eyjólfur Arason in 1332.) [1887, Tímarit hins íslenzka bókmenntafjelags [Journal of the Icelandic Literary Society], Reykjavík, page 252:]
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Var för hans þangað ráðin, og skildi Halldóra abbadís senda menn norður í móti honum um sumarið. (His journey there was arranged, and Abbess Halldóra sent men north to meet him in the summer.) [1961, Guðrún P. Helgadóttir, Skáldkonur fyrri alda [Poetesses of Former Times], page 82:]
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Á 12. öld var uppi kona í Þýskalandi og var henni margt til lista lagt. Hún var guðfræðingur, nunna og abbadís, dulspekingur og prédikari, ljóðskáld og rithöfundur, náttúrufræðingur, lyfjafræðingur, myndlistarmaður og síðast en ekki síst tónskáld. Hvað hét þessi fjölhæfa kona? (In the 12th century, there was a woman in Germany who was accomplished in many fields. She was a theologian, a nun and abbess, a mystic and preacher, a poet and writer, a naturalist, a pharmacist, an artist and, last but not least, a composer. What was the name of this versatile woman?) [2021 January 29, Illugi Jökulsson, “278. spurningaþraut: Stór höf, Rúm eru hættuleg, Noregskóngur og fræg abbadís [278. Quiz: Big heads, Beds are dangerous, King of Norway and a famous abbess]”, in Heimildin:]
Nouns inflected like abbadís
snilld,
sambúð,
sjálfsmorðssprengjuárás,
smásál,
skrift,
skreið,
skemmd,
aðalbraut,
skapgerð,
skapraun,
hjólreiðabraut,
fasteign,
tyrkjasól,
krossferð,
krossjurt,
samþykkt,
skrilljón,
sinfóníuhljómsveit,
blesgæs,
staðreynd, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Old Norse abbadís, an alternative form of Old Norse abbatissa/abbadissa. According to Magnússon (1989) and Schmid (2001), Old Norse abbatissa itself is either:
2. # borrowed via Old English abbadisse and Middle Low German abbadisse, from Latin abbātissa;
3. # directly borrowed from Latin abbātissa.
4. Regardless of origin, the original ending was replaced with the feminine noun suffix -dís. Latin abbātissa is a combination of Latin abbās (“abbot”; loaned from Ancient Greek ἀββα, ἀββᾶς (“father or abbot”), loaned from Aramaic אַבָּא (“father”), inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- (“father”)) and -issa (a feminine noun forming suffix; loaned from Ancient Greek -ισσα, an extraction of feminine derivations in -ια of demonyms in palatalised -ικ-, -ια itself from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s). Compare Faroese abbadissa.
5. Sense 2 is likely an influence of the Icelandic Reformation and may be influenced by abbast. See: Old Norse Nouns '
abbatissa/abbadissa', Old English Nouns '
abbadisse', Latin Nouns '
abbātissa', Latin Nouns '
abbātissa', Latin Nouns '
abbātissa', Latin Nouns '
abbās'.
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