Infinitive
abstini
Forms
Tenses
| Present | abstinas |
| Past | abstinis |
| Future | abstinos |
| Conditional | abstinus |
| Imperative | abstinu! |
Participles
| Active past | abstininta |
| Active present | abstinanta |
| Active future | abstinonta |
| Passive past | abstinita |
| Passive present | abstinta |
| Passive future | abstinota |
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Latin abstineōbor.
3. Old French abstenirbor.
4. Middle English absteynen
5. English abstainbor.
6. ▲
7. Old French abstenir
8. French abstenirbor.
9. German [Term?]bor.
10. Italian astenersibor.
11. Esperanto abstini
12. Borrowed from English abstain, French abstenir and Italian astenersi. First attested in 1929. See: English '
abstain', French '
abstenir', Italian '
astenersi'.
Sample Sentences
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2000, Donald Broadribb (translator), Plato, La Respubliko, Parto Tri.
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Por bona korpa farto oni devas abstini de ĉiuj spicoj. (For good bodily health one should abstain from all spices.)