Noun: abstinens
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Indefinite
| Sg. | abstinens |
| Pl. | abstinenser |
Definite
| Sg. | abstinensen |
| Pl. | abstinensene |
Sample Sentences
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nøisomhed og abstinens (frugality and abstinence) [1900, Hans E. Kinck, Fru Anny Porse, page 89:]
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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) [1974, Jens Bjørneboe, Haiene, page 211:]
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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) [2011 March 25, Adresseavisen, page 14:]
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ha symptom på abstinens (have symptoms of withdrawal)
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han fikk abstinenser da sommerjobben var over (he got withdrawal symptoms when the summer job was over)
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– 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) [2000 August 24, Dagbladet, page 38:]
Nouns inflected like abstinens
tjuendedag,
billettautomat,
bestevenn,
synops,
syklon,
syklus,
abiturient,
forsnevring,
kroppsdel,
snøbre,
lekeplass,
sesjon,
sesong,
septim,
sefard,
seilas,
sektor,
sement,
sensor,
sensur, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin abstinentia (“abstinence, self-restraint; fasting”), from abstinēns (“abstraining, abstinent”), present participle of abstineō (“to withhold”). See: Latin Nouns '
abstinentia'.
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