afekt

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Kashubian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish afekt.

Pronunciation

Noun

afekt m inan

  1. (psychology) affection, affect (strong feeling in response to a stimulus)
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References

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “afekt”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • afekt”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

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Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -afɛkt
  • Syllabification: a‧fekt

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin affectus.[1][2][3] First attested in 1557.[4]

Noun

afekt f (diminutive (obsolete) afekcik)

  1. (psychology) affection, affect (strong feeling in response to a stimulus)
    Synonym: wzburzenie
  2. (dated) affection, love
    Synonym: miłość
  3. (Middle Polish) affect, desire
    Synonym: chęć
  4. (Middle Polish) internal or psychological disturbance
    Synonym: wzburzenie
  5. (Middle Polish) passage of text directed towards a reader's or listener's emotions
    Synonym: chęć
Declension

Adjective

afekt (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (Middle Polish) kind
    Synonym: życzliwy
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Etymology 2

See efekt.

Noun

afekt m inan

  1. Middle Polish form of efekt

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “afekt”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “afekt”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “afekt”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “afekt”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading

  • afekt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • afekt in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Danuta Lankiewicz (19.02.2015) “AFEKT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Danuta Lankiewicz (02.12.2008) “AFEKT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Danuta Lankiewicz (05.10.2016) “AFEKT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “afekt”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “afekt”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “afekt”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 11

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎfekt/
  • Hyphenation: a‧fekt

Noun

àfekt m (Cyrillic spelling а̀фект)

  1. affect

Declension