abnegat

Latin

Verb

abnegat

  1. 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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡat
  • Syllabification: ab‧ne‧gat

Noun

abnegat m pers (female equivalent abnegatka)

  1. sloven, slob
    Synonyms: flejtuch, niechluj, brudas, fleja, kocmołuch, niedbalec; see also Thesaurus:brudas
    totalny abnegattotal sloven
  2. (literary) humble person
  3. ignoramus

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
adverb
noun

References

  1. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “abnegat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  2. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “abnegat”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  3. Dziennik Wileński, volumes 2, 7, number 21, 1806, page 229

Further reading

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