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Lithuanian
Etymology
From a form of abu (“both”) + the adjectical suffix -jas. The semantic derivation is of a double-sided situation or two-faced person.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
abúojas m (feminine abúoja, neuter abúoja) stress pattern 1
- (about animals, people) vicious, fierce, angry
- Synonyms: piktas, nedoras
- (about people) bothersome, insufferable, evil, vile
- Synonyms: įkyrus, grasus, įžūlus
- (about weather, roads) bad, inferior, shoddy
- Synonyms: prastas, bjaurus, blogas
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of abuojas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of abuojas
Derived terms
Further reading
- “abuojas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “abuojas”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 4
- “abuojas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
- Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “abúojas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 1