๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œฑ๐Œฑ๐Œฐ๐„๐‰

Gothic

Alternative forms

  • *๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œผ๐Œฑ๐Œฐ๐„๐‰ (*sambatล) โ€” possibly dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Koine Greek ฯƒฮฌฮฒฮฒฮฑฯ„ฮฟฮฝ (sรกbbaton), from Hebrew ืฉื‘ืช.

Noun

๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œฑ๐Œฑ๐Œฐ๐„๐‰ โ€ข (sabbatลm

  1. (Christianity) Saturday, the Sabbath day

Inflection

This noun is usually indeclinable, but some inflected forms have been attested: ๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œฑ๐Œฑ๐Œฐ๐„๐Œฐ๐Œฟ๐ƒ (sabbataus) (gen. sg.), ๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œฑ๐Œฑ๐Œฐ๐„๐Œด (sabbatฤ“) (gen. pl.), ๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œฑ๐Œฑ๐Œฐ๐„๐Œน๐Œผ (sabbatim) and ๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œฑ๐Œฑ๐Œฐ๐„๐Œฟ๐Œผ (sabbatum) (both dat pl.).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • โ†’ Old High German: sambaztag, samiศฅtag (from *๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œผ๐Œฑ๐Œฐ๐„๐‰ (*sambatล))
    • Middle High German: sameศฅtac, sambeศฅtac, samestdac, sambesttac, sampศฅdac, samศฅdac