abulia
English edit
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Etymology edit
From New Latin abūlia, from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía, “irresolution”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + βουλή (boulḗ, “will”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈb(j)uː.lɪə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /əˈbu.li.ə/
- Rhymes: -uːliə
Noun edit
abulia (countable and uncountable, plural abulias)
- (psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. [from 19th c.]
- 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman:
- He felt without volition, plunged into a state of aboulia.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- His virginal modesty is a modern abulia.
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía, “irresolution”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + βουλή (boulḗ, “will”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abulia
- abulia
- Synonyms: tahdottomuus, (rare) tahdonheikkous
Declension edit
Inflection of abulia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | abulia | abuliat | ||
genitive | abulian | abulioiden abulioitten | ||
partitive | abuliaa | abulioita | ||
illative | abuliaan | abulioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | abulia | abuliat | ||
accusative | nom. | abulia | abuliat | |
gen. | abulian | |||
genitive | abulian | abulioiden abulioitten abuliainrare | ||
partitive | abuliaa | abulioita | ||
inessive | abuliassa | abulioissa | ||
elative | abuliasta | abulioista | ||
illative | abuliaan | abulioihin | ||
adessive | abulialla | abulioilla | ||
ablative | abulialta | abulioilta | ||
allative | abulialle | abulioille | ||
essive | abuliana | abulioina | ||
translative | abuliaksi | abulioiksi | ||
abessive | abuliatta | abulioitta | ||
instructive | — | abulioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ia
Noun edit
abulia f (plural abulie)
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía).
Noun edit
abūlia f sg (genitive abūliae); first declension
- (New Latin, psychiatry) abulia
- 1841, Johann Christian August Heinroth, Meletemata psychiatrica II. De formis amentiae, page 11:
- Qui contra melancholia affecti sunt, et paranoia fixa et abulia, in his contraria ratio habenda est: summa nimirum lenitas, et affabilitas, et amicabilitas iis adhibenda.
- As for those who are affected by melancholia, and fixed paranoia and abulia, the contrary method is to be employed in these cases: the greatest gentleness, and affability, and amiableness should of course be applied to them.
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | abūlia |
Genitive | abūliae |
Dative | abūliae |
Accusative | abūliam |
Ablative | abūliā |
Vocative | abūlia |
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía).[1][2] First attested in 1842.[3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abulia f
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References edit
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “abulia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “abulia”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Józef Majer (1842) Niemiecko-polski słownik wyrazów lekarskich[1], page 87
Further reading edit
- abulia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “abulja”, in Słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 4
- abulia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from French aboulie, from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía). First attested in 1883.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: a‧bu‧li‧a
Noun edit
abulia f (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Abulia”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados, volume 1, number 7, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, page 52
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abulia f (plural abulias)
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Further reading edit
- “abulia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014