Absalon

== English == === Proper noun === Absalon A surname. === Anagrams === Albanos == Danish == === Proper noun === Absalon 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 a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== Patronymics son of Absalon: Absalonsson daughter of Absalon: Absalonsdóttir ==== Declension ==== == French == === Alternative forms === Absalom === Proper noun === Absalon m Absalom == Icelandic == === Proper noun === Absalon m (proper noun, genitive singular Absalons) a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== References ==== Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “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 (biblical) Absalom ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. === 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 === Learned borrowing from Latin Absalōn. First attested in c. 1500. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /apsalʲɔ(ː)n/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /apsalʲɔn/, /apsalʲon/ === Proper noun === Absalon m pers (attested in Greater Poland, biblical) Absalom ==== 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) a male given name, the biblical character Absalom