pábitel

Czech

Etymology

From pábit +‎ -tel. Coined by Bohumil Hrabal in his book Pábitelé.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpaːbɪtɛl]
  • Rhymes: -ɪtɛl
  • Hyphenation: pá‧bi‧tel

Noun

pábitel m anim

  1. (rare) a person seemingly uncouth but at the same time dreamer not distinguishing between fantasy and reality, looking for beauty in everyday life [since 20th c.]
    • 2018 January 15, Jakub Kvasnička, “Zemřel bývalý novinář TÝDNE Vojtěch Varyš. Král života”, in Týden.cz‎[1]:
      Vojta byl pábitel, miloval život.
      Vojta was a pábitel, he loved life. [obituary "Former Týden journalist Vojtěch Varyš has died. A king of life"

Declension

Declension of pábitel (soft masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative pábitel pábitelé
genitive pábitele pábitelů
dative pábitelovi, pábiteli pábitelům
accusative pábitele pábitele
vocative pábiteli pábitelé
locative pábitelovi, pábiteli pábitelích
instrumental pábitelem pábiteli

Derived terms

  • pábitelský
  • pábitelův

Further reading

  • “pábitel”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
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