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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan subet, from Arabic سُبَات (subāt, “lethargy, stupor”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sobec m (plural sobecs)
- (Balearic) lethargy
- (Balearic) nap
- Synonym: becaina
Further reading
Czech
Etymology
From sobě + -ec.
Pronunciation
Noun
sobec m anim (female equivalent sobkyně, related adjective sobecký)
- selfish person
1850, Karel Havlíček Borovský, “Vojsko”, in Články ze Slovana:... A tu jest zajisté povinnost každého člověka starati se také o sebe, a kdyby se o sebe pranic nestaral, chybuje zrovna proto, že se nevyhnutelně jiní o něho starati musí, kterým tedy tu obtíž uvaluje, kterou by sám nésti měl. Kdo se však jen vždy o sebe stará a nikdy o jiné, jest sobec beze vší lásky.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of sobec (soft masculine animate reducible)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sobec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “sobec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “sobec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)