sabbat

See also: Sabbat

English

Etymology

From French sabbat (“Sabbath”)

Noun

sabbat (plural sabbats)

1. witches' Sabbath

Anagrams

• abbats, batabs

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.bɑt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: sab‧bat

Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats, diminutive sabbatje n)

1. Sabbath

Synonyms

• sjabbat
• sjabbes

Derived terms

• sabbatjaar
• sabbatsheiliging
• sabbatsrust
• sabbatschennis

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French

Alternative forms

• chabbat, shabbat

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sabbata or 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ba/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats)

1. Sabbath, biblical seventh day

   Les juifs observent fort exactement le sabbat.

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. (Charles Deulin, Manneken-Pis)

3. noisy meeting

   Ces ivrognes ont fait un terrible sabbat.

Related terms

• sabbataire
• sabbatique
• sabbatiser
• sabbatisme
• sabbatiste

Descendants

• → English: sabbat

See also

• samedi

References

• “sabbat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• “sabbat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats)

1. (Jersey) witches' Sabbath

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Hebrew שבת (shabát).

Noun

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

Derived terms

• heksesabbat

References

• “sabbat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Hebrew שבת (shabát).

Noun

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

1. Sabbath (as above)

Derived terms

• heksesabbat

References

• “sabbat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Noun

sabbat m (plural s)

1. Alternative form of sabá

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Swedish

Noun

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

Declension of sabbat
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sabbat	sabbaten	sabbater	sabbaterna
Genitive	sabbats	sabbatens	sabbaters	sabbaternas

Derived terms

• sabbatsår