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Latin
Verb
abnegat
- third-person singular present active indicative of abnegō
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin abnegātor.[1] By surface analysis, abnegacja + -at.[2] First attested in 1806.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abˈnɛ.ɡat/
- Rhymes: -ɛɡat
- Syllabification: ab‧ne‧gat
Noun
abnegat m pers (female equivalent abnegatka)
- sloven, slob
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:brudas
- totalny abnegat ― total sloven
- (literary) humble person
- ignoramus
Declension
Derived terms
(adjective):
(adverb):
(noun):
References
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “abnegat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “abnegat”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Dziennik Wileński, volumes 2, 7, number 21, 1806, page 229
Further reading
- abnegat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- abnegat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “abnegat”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “abnegat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 3