sab

See also: Sab, Sab., SAB, and sAb

Translingual

Symbol

sab

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Buglere.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Buglere terms

English

Etymology 1

Short for sabotage.

Verb

sab (third-person singular simple present sabs, present participle sabbing, simple past and past participle sabbed)

1. (informal) To sabotage, especially fox hunts in opposition to blood sports.

Noun

sab (plural sabs)

1. (informal) A saboteur, especially of fox hunts.

Etymology 2

Short for sable.

Noun

sab (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of sab. (“sable”).

Etymology 3

Noun

sab (plural sabs)

1. (UK, slang) A sabbatical officer.

Alternative forms

• sabb

Anagrams

• B.A.'s, BAs, SBA, Abs, B. A. S., ABs, abs, abs., Bas, ABS, BAS, bas, abs-, ASB, A.B.s, B.A.S., BSA, B.A.s

Catalan

Verb

sab

1. obsolete form of sap

Cornish

Etymology

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Noun

sab (collective, singulative saben f)

1. pines

   Synonym: pin

Eastern Ojibwa

Etymology

cf. Ojibwe asab

Noun

sab anim (plural sabiig)

1. net

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 117

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French sable (“sand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sab/

Noun

sab

1. sand

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 172

Maltese

Root
s-j-b
11 terms

Alternative forms

• sieb

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba)

Maltese sab

Inherited from Arabic أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba). Compare Moroccan Arabic صاب (ṣāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːp/
• Rhymes: -aːp

Verb

sab (imperfect jsib, past participle misjub)

1. to find
   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:

     Ja Sena Ġdida,
     għalkemm mal-wasla tiegħek
     sew f’nofs il-lejl
     int sibtni nidħaq ġewwa nofs il-ballu

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   1. to find (something or someone) useful
2. to catch
3. to look for
4. to find out, to realise
5. to be known as [with b’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of sab (Form I)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sibt	sibt	sab	sibna	sibtu	sabu
	f			sabet
imperfect	m	nsib	ssib	jsib	nsibu	ssibu	jsibu
	f			ssib
imperative			sib			sibu

Ottawa

Noun

sab anim

1. net

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 117

Scots

Noun

sab (plural sabs)

1. sob

Verb

sab

1. sob