absta
Appearance
See also: abstą
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]abstā
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of abstynencja. First attested in 2001.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]absta f
- (slang) withdrawal (type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld)
- Synonym: głód narkotyczny
- na abście ― in withdrawal
- 2005 July 25, rAzor, “Re: Czy narkotyki miekkie powinny byc dozwolone w Polsce?”, in Usenet -- pl.soc.polityka[2]:
- Widział pan narkomana na abście?
- Have you ever seen a druggie in withdrawal?
Declension
[edit]Declension of absta
Related terms
[edit]adjectives
adverb
nouns
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Maciej Czeszewski (2006) “absta”, in Monika Szewczyk, editor, Słownik polszczyzny potocznej, 1 edition, Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, →ISBN
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