seninfana

Esperanto

Etymology

From sen- (“without”) +‎ infano (“child”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [seninˈfana]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: sen‧in‧fan‧a

Adjective

seninfana (accusative singular seninfanan, plural seninfanaj, accusative plural seninfanajn)

  1. childless
    • 1908, L. L. Zamenhof, La rabistoj: dramo en kvin aktoj, Paris: Hachette, translation of Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller, page 10:
      Pli bone estas iri seninfana en la ĉielon, ol se ambaŭ, la patro kaj la filo, iras en la inferon.
      It's better to go childless into heaven, than if both, the father and the son, go into hell.
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