English

Noun

Abyssin ‎(plural Abyssins)

1. Rare form of Abyssinian. [since the mid 17th century]^[1]
   • 1789, Jerónimo Lobo, A voyage to Abyssinia:

     The Abyssian takes the honey, without failing to leave part of it for the bird...

Adjective

Abyssin

1. Rare form of Abyssinian. [since the mid 17th century]^[1]
   • 1789, Jerónimo Lobo, A voyage to Abyssinia:

     Here we lost a good old Abyssian convert, a man much valued in his order...

References

1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7)

French

Adjective

abyssin m ‎(feminine singular abyssine, masculine plural abyssins, feminine plural abyssines)

1. Abyssinian

Noun

abyssin m ‎(plural abyssins)

1. Abyssinian (cat)

See also

• Éthiopie