sabbat

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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.

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbatten or sabbats, diminutive sabbatje n)

  1. (biblical, Judaism) Sabbath

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Descendants

  • Negerhollands: sabbath
  • Papiamentu: sabbat (dated)

French

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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

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.

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Maltese

Root
s-b-t
3 terms

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.

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Verb

sabbat (imperfect jsabbat)

  1. to bang, thump, stamp

Conjugation

    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

Etymology

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

Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats)

  1. (Jersey) witches' Sabbath

Norwegian Bokmål

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Hebrew שבת (shabát).

Noun

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

  1. Sabbath (as above)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

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
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sabbat

  1. supine of sabba