abstinens
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Present active participle of abstineō (“abstain”)
Participle edit
abstinēns (genitive abstinentis, adverb abstinenter); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension edit
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | abstinēns | abstinentēs | abstinentia | ||
| Genitive | abstinentis | abstinentium | |||
| Dative | abstinentī | abstinentibus | |||
| Accusative | abstinentem | abstinēns | abstinentēs abstinentīs |
abstinentia | |
| Ablative | abstinente abstinentī1 |
abstinentibus | |||
| Vocative | abstinēns | abstinentēs | abstinentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: abstinent
- English: abstinent
- French: abstinent
- Italian: astinente
- → Norwegian Bokmål: abstinent
- Portuguese: abstinente
- Romanian: abstinent
- Spanish: abstinente
References edit
- “abstinens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “abstinens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abstinens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latin abstinentia (“abstinence, self-restraint; fasting”), from abstinēns (“abstraining, abstinent”), present participle of abstineō (“I withhold”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abstinens m (definite singular abstinensen, indefinite plural abstinenser, definite plural abstinensene)
- abstinence (the act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite)
- 1900, Hans E. Kinck, Fru Anny Porse, page 89:
- nøisomhed og abstinens
- frugality and abstinence
- Synonyms: avhold, avholdenhet
- specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; teetotalism
- specifically, the practice of abstaining from drugs and narcotic substances, as well as tobacco
- (ecclesiastical) abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance
- Synonym: abstinensdag
- withdrawal (a type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld)
- 1974, Jens Bjørneboe, Haiene, page 211:
- han lallet, når han snakket, og han skalv på hendene som en dranker i abstinens
- he whimpered as he spoke, and he shook his hands like a drunkard in withdrawal
- 2011 March 25, Adresseavisen, page 14:
- det nyfødte barnet ble behandlet for abstinens på grunn av morens rusmisbruk
- the newborn baby was treated for withdrawal due to the mother's substance abuse
- ha symptom på abstinens
- have symptoms of withdrawal
- (colloquial, humorous) withdrawal symptoms in a humorous sense or the feeling of longing for something one is used to doing
- han fikk abstinenser da sommerjobben var over
- he got withdrawal symptoms when the summer job was over
- 2000 August 24, Dagbladet, page 38:
- – Jeg klarer ikke å ha ferie. Jeg hadde tenkt at dette skulle bli et hvileår, men fikk abstinens, sier [forfatter Ingvar] Ambjørnsen, som allerede er i gang med en ny roman
- - I can not have a holiday. I had thought that this would be a year of rest, but got withdrawal symptoms, says [author Ingvar] Ambjørnsen, who is already working on a new novel
- han fikk abstinenser da sommerjobben var over
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “abstinens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “abstinens” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “abstinens (rusmidler)” in Store medisinske leksikon
- “abstinens (religion)” in Store norske leksikon
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abstinens c
- withdrawal (metabolic shock)
Declension edit
| Declension of abstinens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | abstinens | abstinensen | abstinenser | abstinenserna |
| Genitive | abstinens | abstinensens | abstinensers | abstinensernas |