sabbat

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French sabbat (Sabbath).

Noun[edit]

sabbat (plural sabbats)

  1. witches' Sabbath
    • 1965, Ruth E. St. Leger-Gordon, Witchcraft and Folklore of Dartmoor, page xviii. 146:
      Latter day witches, continuing the age-long cult, frequently made use of these old circles as meeting places, holding esbats, sabbats, and performing their ritual "ring" dances within the circumference of the tall granite stones.

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin sabbatum (Sabbath), from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, Sabbath), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, Sabbath).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑ.bɑt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: sab‧bat

Noun[edit]

sabbat m (plural sabbats, diminutive sabbatje n)

  1. Sabbath

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Descendants[edit]

  • Negerhollands: sabbath
  • Papiamentu: sabbat (dated)

French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, Sabbath), from Hebrew שבת (shabát, Sabbath).
In regards to the semantic evolution to "witches' meeting" compare with ramdam, brouhaha. See also samedi.

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Noun[edit]

sabbat m (plural sabbats)

  1. Sabbath, biblical seventh day
    Les juifs observent fort exactement le sabbat.
    Jews observe Shabbat very strictly.
  2. witches' Sabbath, meeting of witches at midnight
    Qu’est-ce que vous portez donc là, mon petit fieu ? — Des crapauds qui t’ont vue au sabbat, vieille sorcière, répondit celui-ci.
    ‘What are you carrying there, my son?’ ‘Toads which saw you at the sabbath, old witch,’ he replied.
    (Charles Deulin, Manneken-Pis)
  3. noisy meeting
    Ces ivrognes ont fait un terrible sabbat.
    Those drunkards made a terrible racket.

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Maltese[edit]

Root
s-b-t
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic سَبَّتَ (sabbata), intensive of سَبَتَ (sabata, to cut, smite, cast down). The root partly overlaps with س ب ط (s-b-ṭ), which could explain the Maltese a-vocalism. It is likely that the verb was later associated with and influenced by the unrelated Sicilian sbattiri, Italian sbattere.

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Verb[edit]

sabbat (imperfect jsabbat)

  1. to bang, thump, stamp

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of sabbat
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m sabbatt sabbatt sabbat sabbatna sabbattu sabbtu
f sabbtet
imperfect m nsabbat ssabbat jsabbat nsabbtu ssabbtu jsabbtu
f ssabbat
imperative sabbat sabbtu

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin sabbata, sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, Sabbath).

Noun[edit]

sabbat m (plural sabbats)

  1. (Jersey) witches' Sabbath

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew שבת (shabát).

Noun[edit]

sabbat m (definite singular sabbaten, indefinite plural sabbater, definite plural sabbatene)

  1. Sabbath, the Biblical seventh day of the week, observed as a day of rest in Judaism

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew שבת (shabát).

Noun[edit]

sabbat m (definite singular sabbaten, indefinite plural sabbatar, definite plural sabbatane)

  1. Sabbath (as above)

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Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈba.t͡ʃi/, /saˈbat͡ʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈbat͡ʃ/, /saˈba.t͡ʃi/

Noun[edit]

sabbat m (plural sabbats)

  1. Alternative form of sabá

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Ultimately from Hebrew שַׁבָּת.

Noun[edit]

sabbat c

  1. Sabbath (Biblical seventh day of the week, observed in Judaism and by some Christians)
  2. Sabbath (Sunday, observed by the majority of Christians)
Declension[edit]
Declension of sabbat 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sabbat sabbaten sabbater sabbaterna
Genitive sabbats sabbatens sabbaters sabbaternas
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

sabbat

  1. supine of sabba