sabel

See also: Sabel and Säbel

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺abel/ [s̺a.β̞el]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -abel, -el
• Hyphenation: sa‧bel

Noun

sabel inan

1. (anatomy) The abdomen or belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis.
2. (zoology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

Declension

Declension of sabel (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	sabel	sabela	sabelak	sabelok
ergative	sabelek	sabelak	sabelek	sabelok
dative	sabeli	sabelari	sabelei	sabeloi
genitive	sabelen	sabelaren	sabelen	sabelon
comitative	sabelekin	sabelarekin	sabelekin	sabelokin
causative	sabelengatik	sabelarengatik	sabelengatik	sabelongatik
benefactive	sabelentzat	sabelarentzat	sabelentzat	sabelontzat
instrumental	sabelez	sabelaz	sabelez	sabelotaz
innesive	sabeletan	sabelean	sabeletan	sabelotan
locative	sabeletako	sabeleko	sabeletako	sabelotako
allative	sabeletara	sabelera	sabeletara	sabelotara
terminative	sabeletaraino	sabeleraino	sabeletaraino	sabelotaraino
directive	sabeletarantz	sabelerantz	sabeletarantz	sabelotarantz
destinative	sabeletarako	sabelerako	sabeletarako	sabelotarako
ablative	sabeletatik	sabeletik	sabeletatik	sabelotatik
partitive	sabelik	—	—	—
prolative	sabeltzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “sabel”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “sabel”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Danish

Etymology

From German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya (“sabre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːbəl/, [ˈsæːˀb̥əl]

Noun

sabel c (singular definite sablen or sabelen, plural indefinite sabler)

1. sabre, saber

Declension

Declension of sabel

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sabel	sablen sabelen	sabler	sablerne
genitive	sabels	sablens sabelens	sablers	sablernes

Derived terms

• sable

Further reading

• sabel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.bəl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sa‧bel

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Sabel, obsolete form of Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya.

Noun

sabel m (plural sabels, diminutive sabeltje n)

1. sabre (Commonwealth), saber (US) (sword with a narrow, slightly curved blade)

Derived terms

• sabelen
• sabelgekletter
• sabeltandtijger

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sabel
• → Japanese: サーベル (sāberu)
• → Papiamentu: sabel (dated)
• → Indonesian: sabel

Etymology 2

Martes zibellina

From Middle Dutch sabel.

Noun

sabel m (plural sabels, no diminutive)

1. sable (Martes zibellina)

   Synonyms: sabeldier, sabelmarter

2. (heraldry) sable, the colour black

Derived terms

• sabeldier
• sabelmantel
• sabelmarter
• sabelpels

Anagrams

• belas, besla

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sabel, from German Sabel, obsolete form of Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsabəl/ [ˈsa.bəl]
• Rhymes: -abəl
• Syllabification: sa‧bel

Noun

sabel (plural sabel-sabel)

1. sabre (Commonwealth), saber (US) (sword with a narrow, slightly curved blade)

Further reading

• “sabel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Hungarian szablya, via German Säbel.

Noun

sabel m (definite singular sabelen, indefinite plural sabler, definite plural sablene)

1. a sabre, or saber (US)

Derived terms

• sabeltanntiger

References

• “sabel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Hungarian szablya, via German Säbel.

Noun

sabel m (definite singular sabelen, indefinite plural sablar, definite plural sablane)

1. a sabre, or saber (US)

Derived terms

• sabeltanntiger

References

• “sabel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

sabel

Etymology

Borrowed from German Säbel (Late Middle High German sabel), from Hungarian szablya.

Noun

sabel c

1. sabre (a light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point)

Declension

Declension of sabel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sabel	sabels
	definite	sabeln	sabelns
plural	indefinite	sablar	sablars
	definite	sablarna	sablarnas

Related terms

• sabla
• sabrera

Further reading

• sabel in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• sabel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• Basel, elbas