abuojas
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Lithuanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a form of abu (“both”) + the adjectical suffix -jas. The semantic derivation is of a double-sided situation or two-faced person.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]abúojas m (feminine abúoja, neuter abúoja) stress pattern 1
- (about animals, people) vicious, fierce, angry
- (about people) bothersome, insufferable, evil, vile
- (about weather, roads) bad, inferior, shoddy
Declension
[edit]Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of abuojas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of abuojas
Derived terms
[edit]- abuoja (“an unbearable person”)
- abuojai (“evily, badly”)
- abuojėti (“to become bad”)
- abuojiškas (“unreasonable”)
- abuojumas (“evilness”)
- abuojybė (“evilness”)
Further reading
[edit]- “abuojas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “abuojas”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, , →ISBN, page 4
- “abuojas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
- Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “abúojas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 1