Sabbath, biblical seventh day · witches' Sabbath, meeting of witches at midnight · noisy meeting
çekim: çoğul sabbats
köken: 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.
Les juifs observent fort exactement le sabbat.
Qu’est-ce que vous portez donc là, mon petit fieu ? — Des crapauds qui t’ont vue au sabbat, vieille sorcière, répondit celui-ci.
köken: Borrowed from Basque akelarre, made up of aker (“male goat”) and larre (“meadow”). Some researchers say the original word was alkalarre, from alka (“Spanish kind of cocksfoot”), akelarre being a form corrupted by the Church.
köken: Etymology tree Akkadian šapattumbor.? Biblical Hebrew שַׁבָּתbor. Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton)bor. Latin sabbatumlbor. Polish sabat Learned borrowing from Latin sabbatum. Doublet of sobota, szabas, and szabat.