σάββατον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Biblical Hebrew שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ, Sabbath), or, alternatively, from Aramaic שַׁבְּתָא (šabbəṯā, Sabbath).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    σάββατον • (sábbatonn (genitive σαββάτου); second declension

    1. (Judaism) Sabbath
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 20.8:
        μνήσθητι τὴν ἡμέραν τῶν σαββάτων ἁγιάζειν αὐτήν
        mnḗsthēti tḕn hēméran tôn sabbátōn hagiázein autḗn
        Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. (ESV)
    2. a week (seven days)
      • 90 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 20:1:
        τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων
        tēî dè miāî tôn sabbátōn
        on the first day of the week (ESV)

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    • σαββατίζω (sabbatízō) (> σαββατισμός (sabbatismós))
    • σαββάτωσις (sabbátōsis)

    Descendants

    • Greek: Σάββατο (Sávvato)
    • Byzantine Greek: *σάμβατον (*sámbaton)
      • Italiot Greek: samba
      • Coptic: ⲥⲁⲃⲃⲁⲧⲟⲛ (sabbaton)
      • Gothic: *𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (*sambatō)
        • Old High German: sambaztag (see there for further descendants)
      • Latin: *sambatum (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Slavic: *sǫbota (see there for further descendants)
    • Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (sabbatō)
    • Romani: sàvato
    • Old Armenian: սաբբատ (sabbat), սաբատ (sabat)
    • Mingrelian: საბატონი (sabaṭoni) (see there for further descendants)
    • Latin: sabbatum (see there for further descendants)
    • Laz: საბატონი (sabaťoni), საპატონი (sap̌aťoni)Sumla, Arkabi

    References

    1. ^ Lily Kahn with Aaron D. Rubin (2016), chapter 8, in Handbook of Jewish Languages, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201

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