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Latin
Verb
abstā
- second-person singular present active imperative of abstō
Polish
Etymology
Clipping of abstynencja. First attested in 2001.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
absta f
- (slang) withdrawal (type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld)
- Synonym: głód narkotyczny
- na abście ― in withdrawal
2005 July 25, rAzor, “Re: Czy narkotyki miekkie powinny byc dozwolone w Polsce?”, in Usenet -- pl.soc.polityka:Widział pan narkomana na abście?- Have you ever seen a druggie in withdrawal?
Declension
References
- ^ Pęzik, Piotr, Przepiórkowski, A., Bańko, M., Górski, R., Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine], Wydawnictwo PWN
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