sambaztag

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • samiȥtag

Etymology

From Gothic *𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (*sambatō), an alteration (possibly dialectal, via Byzantine Greek *σάμβατον (*sámbaton, “Sabbath”)) of earlier, biblical 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (sabbatō), from Koine Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שבת (shabát), possibly from Akkadian 𒊭𒉺𒀜𒌈 (šapattum, “the middle day of the month”). Equivalent to sambaȥ +‎ tag.

Noun

sambaȥtag m

  1. Saturday
    Synonym: sunnūnābend

Declension

Declension of sambaȥtag (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative sambaȥtag sambaȥtagā, sambaȥtaga
accusative sambaȥtag sambaȥtagā, sambaȥtaga
genitive sambaȥtages sambaȥtago
dative sambaȥtage sambaȥtagum
instrumental sambaȥtagu —

Descendants

  • Middle High German: sameȥtac, sambeȥtac, samestdac, sambesttac, sampȥdac, samȥdac
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