Absalon

See also: Absalón

English

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Absalon

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Absalon

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• Albanos

Danish

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Absalon

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Absalon

1. a male given name, a variant of biblical Absalom best known for the bishop Absalon Hvide. Both names are very rare

Related terms

• Axel, Aksel

Faroese

Proper noun

Absalon m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Absalon: Absalonsson
• daughter of Absalon: Absalonsdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Absalon
accusative	Absalon
dative	Absaloni
genitive	Absalons

French

Alternative forms

• Absalom

Proper noun

Absalon m

1. Absalom

Icelandic

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Absalon

Wikipedia ^is

Proper noun

Absalon m (proper noun, genitive singular Absalons)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Absalon (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Absalon
accusative	Absalon
dative	Absaloni
genitive	Absalons

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “Absalon”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið

Latin

Alternative forms

• Abessālōm
• Abessālōn

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβεσαλώμ (Abesalṓm), from Biblical Hebrew אֲבּישָׁלוֹם (ʔăḇīšɔlōm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈap.sa.ɫoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈab.sa.lon]

Proper noun

Absalōn m sg (genitive Absalōnis); third declension

1. (biblical) Absalom

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Absalōn
genitive	Absalōnis
dative	Absalōnī
accusative	Absalōnem
ablative	Absalōne
vocative	Absalōn

References

• “Absalon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Absalon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-

Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-

Biblical Hebrew אֲבִי (ʔăḇī)

Biblical Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šɔlōm)

Biblical Hebrew אֲבּישָׁלוֹם (ʔăḇīšɔlōm)bor.

Ancient Greek Ἀβεσαλώμ (Abesalṓm)bor.

Latin Absalōnlbor.

Old Polish Absalon

Learned borrowing from Latin Absalōn. First attested in c. 1500.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /apsalʲɔ(ː)n/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /apsalʲɔn/, /apsalʲon/

Proper noun

Absalon m pers

1. (attested in Greater Poland, biblical) Absalom
   • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 2r:

     Absalon pax patris interpretatur proprium nomen viri Absalon

     [Absalon pax patris interpretatur proprium nomen viri Absalon]

Descendants

• Polish: Absalon

References

• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “Absalon”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Swedish

Proper noun

Absalon c (genitive Absalons)

1. a male given name, the biblical character Absalom