sabba

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsab.ba/
• Rhymes: -abba
• Hyphenation: sàb‧ba

Noun

sabba m (invariable)

1. sabbat, witches' Sabbath

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀩𑁆𑀩 (Brahmi script)
• सब्ब (Devanagari script)
• সব্ব (Bengali script)
• සබ‍්බ (Sinhalese script)
• သဗ္ဗ or သၿ္ၿ or သၿ်ၿ (Burmese script)
• สพฺพ or สัพพะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᨻᩛ (Tai Tham script)
• ສພ຺ພ or ສັພພະ or ສັບພະ (Lao script)
• សព្ព (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄝𑄴𑄝 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सर्व (sarva).

Adjective

sabba

1. whole
2. all
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1], page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     अथ सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पुब्बानि छ पदानि तानि तानि परस्सपदसञ्ञानि होन्ति।

     Atha sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni pubbāni cha padāni, tāni tāni parassapadasaññāni honti.

     Then whatever are the first six endings of all the endings, they are called the active endings.

Declension

Declension table of "sabba" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sabbo	sabbe
Accusative (second)	sabbaṃ	sabbe
Instrumental (third)	sabbena	sabbehi or sabbebhi
Dative (fourth)	sabbassa or sabbāya or sabbatthaṃ	sabbesaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sabbasmā or sabbamhā or sabbā	sabbehi or sabbebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sabbassa	sabbesaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sabbasmiṃ or sabbamhi or sabbe	sabbesu
Vocative (calling)	sabba	sabbā

Declension table of "sabbā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sabbā	sabbāyo or sabbā
Accusative (second)	sabbaṃ	sabbāyo or sabbā
Instrumental (third)	sabbāya	sabbāhi or sabbābhi
Dative (fourth)	sabbāya	sabbāsaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sabbāya	sabbāhi or sabbābhi
Genitive (sixth)	sabbāya	sabbāsaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sabbāya or sabbāyaṃ	sabbāsu
Vocative (calling)	sabbe	sabbāyo or sabbā

Declension table of "sabba" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sabbaṃ	sabbāni
Accusative (second)	sabbaṃ	sabbāni
Instrumental (third)	sabbena	sabbehi or sabbebhi
Dative (fourth)	sabbassa or sabbāya or sabbatthaṃ	sabbesaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sabbasmā or sabbamhā or sabbā	sabbehi or sabbebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sabbassa	sabbesaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sabbasmiṃ or sabbamhi or sabbe	sabbesu
Vocative (calling)	sabba	sabbāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sabba”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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Sidamo

Sabba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsabːa/
• Hyphenation: sab‧ba

Noun

sabba m 

1. mud

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “sabba”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

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Swedish

Etymology

Shortening of sabotera.

Verb

sabba (present sabbar, preterite sabbade, supine sabbat, imperative sabba)

1. (transitive, slang) to botch, foul up, mess up; (vulgar) fuck up
   • 2017 June 12, “”Ungas framtid sabbas när LSS dras in” [”The future of young people is ruined when LSS gets revoked”]”, in SVT Nyheter [SVT News]‎^[2]:

Conjugation

Conjugation of sabba (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	sabba		sabbas
Supine	sabbat		sabbats
Imperative	sabba		—
Imper. plural1	sabben		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	sabbar	sabbade	sabbas	sabbades
Ind. plural1	sabba	sabbade	sabbas	sabbades
Subjunctive2	sabbe	sabbade	sabbes	sabbades
	Participles
Present participle	sabbande
Past participle	sabbad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• sabotera
• förstöra

Related terms

• sabb