patus

See also: ꝑatus

English

Noun

patus

1. plural of patu

Anagrams

• APTUs, Tupas, pusta, sat up, sputa, stupa, tapus

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• pathus

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek πάθος (páthos).

Noun

patus n

1. pathos
2. affection
3. misfortune, woe
4. spite, grudge, umbrage, rancor

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Estonian

Noun

patus

1. inessive singular of patt

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Polish

Etymology

Formed from patologia, which was originally a purely medical term, however, through the term "rodzina patologiczna" (which means a dysfunctional family), the meaning of "patologia" was changed in the informal language to refer to the lowest, poorest and dysfunctioning class of society; for example, people who become stealing alcoholics because of poverty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tus/
• Rhymes: -atus
• Syllabification: pa‧tus

Noun

patus m pers (female equivalent patusiara)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) used to comment on usually lower-class individuals, families or relationships displaying antisocial or abusive traits.

   Synonym: patol

Declension

Declension of patus

	singular	plural
nominative	patus	patusy
genitive	patusa	patusów
dative	patusowi	patusom
accusative	patusa	patusów
instrumental	patusem	patusami
locative	patusie	patusach
vocative	patusie	patusy

Further reading

• patus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• patus in Polish dictionaries at PWN