abbedlig

abbed +‎ -lig, first part from Old Norse ábóti, abbati, a term likely borrowed via Old English abbod, from Latin abbās (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), an alternative form of ἀββα (abba, “father”) from Aramaic אבא‎ (’abbā, “father”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- (“father”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word. Last part from Old Norse -ligr (“-ly”), from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“having the body or form of”), from *līką (“body”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump around”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈabːədlɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ədlɪ
• Hyphenation: ab‧bed‧lig

abbedlig (neuter singular abbedlig, definite singular and plural abbedlige, comparative mer abbedlig, superlative mest abbedlig)

1. of or pertaining to an abbot, his function or dignity

• “abbedlig” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).