sawant

See also: Sawant

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French savant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vant/
• Rhymes: -avant
• Syllabification: sa‧want

Noun

sawant m pers (female equivalent sawantka)

1. savant (person with significant mental disabilities who is very gifted in one area of activity, such as playing the piano or mental arithmetic)
2. (archaic, ironically) savant (scholar showing off his erudition)

Declension

Declension of sawant

	singular	plural
nominative	sawant	sawanci/sawanty (deprecative)
genitive	sawanta	sawantów
dative	sawantowi	sawantom
accusative	sawanta	sawantów
instrumental	sawantem	sawantami
locative	sawancie	sawantach
vocative	sawancie	sawanci

Derived terms

nouns

• sawanteria
• sawantyzm

 

Further reading

• sawant in Polish dictionaries at PWN