Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Witkacy[1] from kobieta + -on.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kobieton m inan
- (colloquial, derogatory) butch, tomboy (woman whose physical appearance and behavior resemble a man's)
- Synonyms: baba-chłop, babochłop, chłopczyca, chłopobaba, dragon, harpia, herod-baba, hetera, megiera
Declension
[edit]Declension of kobieton
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kobieton | kobietony |
| genitive | kobietonu | kobietonów |
| dative | kobietonowi | kobietonom |
| accusative | kobieton | kobietony |
| instrumental | kobietonem | kobietonami |
| locative | kobietonie | kobietonach |
| vocative | kobietonie | kobietony |
Related terms
[edit]adverb
References
[edit]- ^ 1983, Lech Sokół, “Metafizyka płci : Strindberg, Weiningen i Witkacy [Metaphysics of Gender: Strindberg, Weininger and Witkacy]”, in Pamiętnik Literacki[1], volume LXXVI, number 4:
- Witkiewicz oczywiście zmienił składniki algebry płciowej Weiningera i wzbogacił je o elementy, jakimi są: „kobieton” (wersja postaci androgynicznej) oraz „odpadki psychiczne”.
- Witkiewicz obviously changed the components of Weininger's sexual algebra and enriched with such elements such as the „kobieton” (a version of the androgenous character) and „psychic waste”.
Further reading
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