sabbat

English

Etymology

From French sabbat (“Sabbath”).

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• abbats, batabs

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

Descendants

• Negerhollands: sabbath
• → Papiamentu: sabbat (dated)

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

sabbat

Wikipedia ^fr

Alternative forms

• chabbat, shabbat

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ba/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: Saba

Noun

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.

Related terms

• sabbataire
• sabbatique
• sabbatiser
• sabbatisme
• sabbatiste

Descendants

• → English: sabbat

See also

• samedi

References

• “sabbat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Further reading

• “sabbat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Maltese

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsab.bat/

Verb

sabbat (imperfect jsabbat)

1. to bang, thump, stamp

Conjugation

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats)

1. (Jersey) witches' Sabbath

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

sabbat

Wikipedia ^no

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

sabbat

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats)

1. Alternative form of sabá

Swedish

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Hebrew שַׁבָּת.

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

Derived terms

• sabbatsår

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sabbat

1. supine of sabba