# sabla
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From sablo (“sand”) +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsabla]
* Rhymes: -abla
* Hyphenation: sa‧bla

### Adjective

sabla (accusative singular sablan, plural sablaj, accusative plural sablajn)
* sandy

## Franco-Provençal
### Alternative forms

* sablla (ORB, narrow)

### Etymology

Back-formation from sablon m via subtraction of -on. Feminine gender apparently by analogy with pairs like glaçon m :: glace f.

### Noun

sabla f (plural sables) (ORB, broad)
* sand

### References

* sable in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* sablla in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
* ↑ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sabulō”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 17

### Further information

* AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 418: “la sabbia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
* ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1176: “du sable fin” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.bla/
* Homophones: sablas, sablât

### Verb

sabla
* third-person singular past historic of sabler

### Anagrams

* là-bas

## Ido
### Etymology

From sablo +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsabla/

### Adjective

sabla
* sandy, consisting of sand

## North Moluccan Malay
### Alternative forms

* sabalá

### Etymology

From Malay sebelah, from se- +‎ belah.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saˈbla/
* Hyphenation: sa‧bla

### Adjective

sablá
* adjacent, next, next to
    Itu sisir ada di sabla meja sana.The comb is next to the table over there.
* (figurative) non-Muslim, especially Christian
    Orang sabla. ― Christian people.

### Noun

sablá
* next/adjacent part, direction or side

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *sabla, from Latin sabula, from the plural of sabulum, variant of sabulō. Compare French sable, Italian sabbia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsaβlo]
* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

sabla f (uncountable)
* sand
    Synonyms: arena, sorra

#### Derived terms

* sabladoira
* sablaire
* sablar
* sablàs
* sablièr
* sablina
* sablonar
* sablonenc
* sablonós
* sablum

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French sabler.

### Verb

a sabla (third-person singular present sablează, past participle sablat) 1st conjugation
* to sand

#### Conjugation
## Swedish
### Etymology

Adjective attested since 1889. A combination of the expletives satan (“Satan”) and djävla (“devil”) and associated with sabel (“sabre”). The literal meaning of the verb is attested since 1610 and the figurative meaning since 1957.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑːbˌla/

### Adverb

sabla (not comparable)
* A mild expletive; darn.
    Synonyms: attans, djävla, förbaskad, jämrans, nedrans, rackarns, satans
    Det var en sabla otur att jag kom för sent.It was darned unlucky that I was late.

#### Usage notes

There is also an interjection sablar (“darn it”).

### Verb

sabla (present sablar, preterite sablade, supine sablat, imperative sabla)
* (archaic) To sabre.
    Kavalleristerna sablade de flyende bönderna.The cavalry soldiers sabred the fleeing peasants.
* (sabla ned) to pan, to criticize mercilessly
    Den nya pjäsen blev nedsablad av en enad kritikerkår.The new play was unanimously panned by the critics.

#### Synonyms

* sabla ner (variant)

#### Related terms

* nedsabla
* nedsabling

### References

* sabla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* sabla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* sabla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)