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Noun [Icelandic]

IPA: [ˈap(ː)aˌtiːs]
Rhymes: -apːatiːs, -iːs Etymology: Inherited from Old Norse abbadís, an alternative form of Old Norse abbatissa /abbadissa. According to Magnússon (1989) and Schmid (2001), the Old Norse term is either borrowed via Old English abbadisse and Middle Low German abbadisse, or directly borrowed from Latin abbātissa. The original ending was replaced with the feminine noun suffix -dís. Latin abbātissa is a derived from Latin abbās (“abbot”) (borrowed from Koine Greek ἀββα, ἀββᾶς (abba, abbâs, “father, abbot”), borrowed from Aramaic אַבָּא (“father”), inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- (“father”)) + -issa (feminine noun-forming suffix) (borrowed from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa), an extraction of feminine derivations in -ια (-ia) of demonyms in palatalised -ικ- (-ik-), itself from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s). Compare Faroese abbadissa. Sense 2 is likely an influence of the Icelandic Reformation and may be influenced by abbast. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|is|non|abbadís|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Norse abbadís, {{inh+|is|non|abbadís}} Inherited from Old Norse abbadís, {{inh|is|non|abbatissa//abbadissa}} Old Norse abbatissa /abbadissa, {{der|is|ang|abbadisse}} Old English abbadisse, {{der|is|gml|abbadisse}} Middle Low German abbadisse, {{der|is|la|abbātissa}} Latin abbātissa, {{der|is|la|abbātissa}} Latin abbātissa, {{der|is|la|abbās|t=abbot}} Latin abbās (“abbot”), {{lg|borrowed}} borrowed, {{der|is|grc-koi|ἀββα, ἀββᾶς|t=father, abbot}} Koine Greek ἀββα, ἀββᾶς (abba, abbâs, “father, abbot”), {{der|is|arc|אַבָּא|t=father}} Aramaic אַבָּא (“father”), {{lg|inherited}} inherited, {{der|is|sem-pro|*ʔabw-}} Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-, {{der|is|afa-pro|*ʔab-|t=father}} Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- (“father”), {{lg|borrowed}} borrowed, {{der|is|grc|-ισσα}} Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa), {{der|is|ine-pro|*-ih₂|*-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s}} Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s, {{m+|fo|abbadissa}} Faroese abbadissa, {{sno|is|hardworking woman|cap=yes}} Sense 2, {{t|is|abbast}} abbast Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} abbadís f (genitive singular abbadísar, nominative plural abbadísir) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|f}} Forms: abbadísar [genitive, singular], abbadísir [nominative, plural], feminine [table-tags], abbadís [indefinite, nominative, singular], abbadísin [definite, nominative, singular], abbadísir [indefinite, nominative, plural], abbadísirnar [definite, nominative, plural], abbadís [accusative, indefinite, singular], abbadísina [accusative, definite, singular], abbadísir [accusative, indefinite, plural], abbadísirnar [accusative, definite, plural], abbadís [dative, indefinite, singular], abbadísinni [dative, definite, singular], abbadísum [dative, indefinite, plural], abbadísunum [dative, definite, plural], abbadísar [genitive, indefinite, singular], abbadísarinnar [definite, genitive, singular], abbadísa [genitive, indefinite, plural], abbadísanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. abbess (a governess of a nunnery; roughly equal in authority over nuns as a abbot to monks) Tags: feminine Coordinate_terms: ábóti
    Sense id: en-abbadís-is-noun-X00C08Ta Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Icelandic translations Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 76 24
  2. (dated) formidable, hardworking woman Tags: dated, feminine
    Sense id: en-abbadís-is-noun-JaKT5eEJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: biskup (english: bishop) [masculine], klausturfólk (english: monastary people) [neuter], munkur (english: monk) [masculine], nunna (english: nun) [feminine], páfi (english: pope) [masculine]
Categories (other): Monasticism Disambiguation of Monasticism: 0 0

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Gudný Helgadóttir was elected abbess after the death of Halldóra, but was not consecrated until later by Bishop Eyjólfur Arason in 1332.",
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          "ref": "1961, Guðrún P. Helgadóttir, Skáldkonur fyrri alda [Poetesses of Former Times], page 82:",
          "text": "Var för hans þangað ráðin, og skildi Halldóra abbadís senda menn norður í móti honum um sumarið.",
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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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?",
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        "3": "abbadisse"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German abbadisse",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "abbātissa"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin abbātissa",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "abbātissa"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin abbātissa",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "abbās",
        "t": "abbot"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin abbās (“abbot”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed",
      "name": "lg"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "grc-koi",
        "3": "ἀββα, ἀββᾶς",
        "t": "father, abbot"
      },
      "expansion": "Koine Greek ἀββα, ἀββᾶς (abba, abbâs, “father, abbot”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "arc",
        "3": "אַבָּא",
        "t": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic אַבָּא (“father”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "inherited",
      "name": "lg"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*ʔabw-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "afa-pro",
        "3": "*ʔab-",
        "t": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- (“father”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed",
      "name": "lg"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-ισσα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-ih₂",
        "4": "*-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "abbadissa"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese abbadissa",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "hardworking woman",
        "cap": "yes"
      },
      "expansion": "Sense 2",
      "name": "sno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "abbast"
      },
      "expansion": "abbast",
      "name": "t"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Norse abbadís, an alternative form of Old Norse abbatissa /abbadissa. According to Magnússon (1989) and Schmid (2001), the Old Norse term is either borrowed via Old English abbadisse and Middle Low German abbadisse, or directly borrowed from Latin abbātissa.\nThe original ending was replaced with the feminine noun suffix -dís. Latin abbātissa is a derived from Latin abbās (“abbot”) (borrowed from Koine Greek ἀββα, ἀββᾶς (abba, abbâs, “father, abbot”), borrowed from Aramaic אַבָּא (“father”), inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- (“father”)) + -issa (feminine noun-forming suffix) (borrowed from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa), an extraction of feminine derivations in -ια (-ia) of demonyms in palatalised -ικ- (-ik-), itself from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s). Compare Faroese abbadissa.\nSense 2 is likely an influence of the Icelandic Reformation and may be influenced by abbast.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "abbadísar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feminine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadís",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadís",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadís",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísinni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísarinnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbadísanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "abbadís f (genitive singular abbadísar, nominative plural abbadísir)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "abb",
        "a",
        "dís"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "bishop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "bishop",
      "word": "biskup"
    },
    {
      "english": "monastary people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "translation": "monastary people",
      "word": "klausturfólk"
    },
    {
      "english": "monk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "monk",
      "word": "munkur"
    },
    {
      "english": "nun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "nun",
      "word": "nunna"
    },
    {
      "english": "pope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "pope",
      "word": "páfi"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic terms with quotations"
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "ábóti"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Gudný Helgadóttir was elected abbess after the death of Halldóra, but was not consecrated until later by Bishop Eyjólfur Arason in 1332.",
          "ref": "1887, Tímarit hins íslenzka bókmenntafjelags [Journal of the Icelandic Literary Society], Reykjavík, page 252:",
          "text": "Guðný Helgadóttir var kosin abbadís eptir lát Halldóru, en eigi vígð fyr en síðar af Agli biskupi Eyjólfssyni 1332.",
          "translation": "Gudný Helgadóttir was elected abbess after the death of Halldóra, but was not consecrated until later by Bishop Eyjólfur Arason in 1332.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              46,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              36,
              42
            ]
          ],
          "english": "His journey there was arranged, and Abbess Halldóra sent men north to meet him in the summer.",
          "ref": "1961, Guðrún P. Helgadóttir, Skáldkonur fyrri alda [Poetesses of Former Times], page 82:",
          "text": "Var för hans þangað ráðin, og skildi Halldóra abbadís senda menn norður í móti honum um sumarið.",
          "translation": "His journey there was arranged, and Abbess Halldóra sent men north to meet him in the summer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              103,
              110
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              119,
              125
            ]
          ],
          "english": "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?",
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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?",
          "translation": "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?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "abbess (a governess of a nunnery; roughly equal in authority over nuns as a abbot to monks)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abbess",
          "abbess"
        ],
        [
          "governess",
          "governess#English"
        ],
        [
          "nunnery",
          "nunnery#English"
        ],
        [
          "nun",
          "nun#English"
        ],
        [
          "abbot",
          "abbot#English"
        ],
        [
          "monk",
          "monk#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "formidable, hardworking woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "formidable",
          "formidable"
        ],
        [
          "hardworking",
          "hardworking"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) formidable, hardworking woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈap(ː)aˌtiːs]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-apːatiːs"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːs"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Icelandic Reformation"
  ],
  "word": "abbadís"
}

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