absta

abstā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of abstō

Clipping of abstynencja. First attested in 2001.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈap.sta/

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• Rhymes: -apsta
• Syllabification: ab‧sta

absta f

1. (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?

• Maciej Czeszewski (2006) “absta”, in Monika Szewczyk, editor, Słownik polszczyzny potocznej, 1 edition, Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, →ISBN