# sabbat
## English
### Etymology

From French sabbat (“Sabbath”).

### Noun

sabbat (plural sabbats)
* 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), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑ.bɑt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: sab‧bat

### Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbatten or sabbats, diminutive sabbatje n)
* (biblical, Judaism) Sabbath

#### Synonyms

* sjabbat, sjabbes, sjabbos (Judaism only)

#### Derived terms

* sabbatjaar
* sabbatsheiliging
* sabbatsrust
* sabbatschennis

#### Descendants

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

## French
### 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: /sa.ba/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: Saba

### Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats)
* Sabbath, biblical seventh day
    Les juifs observent fort exactement le sabbat.Jews observe Shabbat very strictly.
* 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)
* 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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Further reading

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

## 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsab.bat/

### Verb

sabbat (imperfect jsabbat)
* to bang, thump, stamp

#### Conjugation
## Norman
### Etymology

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

### Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats)
* (Jersey) witches' Sabbath

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Hebrew שבת (shabát).

### Noun

sabbat m (definite singular sabbaten, indefinite plural sabbater, definite plural sabbatene)
* 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
### Etymology

From Hebrew שבת (shabát).

### Noun

sabbat m (definite singular sabbaten, indefinite plural sabbatar, definite plural sabbatane)
* Sabbath (as above)

#### Derived terms

* heksesabbat

### References

* “sabbat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /saˈba.t͡ʃi/, /saˈbat͡ʃ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /saˈba.t͡ʃi/, /saˈbat͡ʃ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /saˈbat͡ʃ/, /saˈba.t͡ʃi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐˈbat/ [sɐˈβat]

### Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats)
* Alternative form of sabá

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Ultimately from Hebrew שַׁבָּת.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /¹sabːat/

#### Noun

sabbat c
* Sabbath (Biblical seventh day of the week, observed in Judaism and by some Christians)
* Sabbath (Sunday, observed by the majority of Christians)

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | sabbat | sabbats |
| singular | definite | sabbaten | sabbatens |
| plural | indefinite | sabbater | sabbaters |
| plural | definite | sabbaterna | sabbaternas |

##### Derived terms

* sabbatsår

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²sabːat/

#### Verb

sabbat
* supine of sabba