Sabbath

sabbath English Alternative forms en sabbath Etymology From en enm sabat, enm sabbat, enm sabath, from en ang sabat and en fro sabbat, both from en la sabbatum, from en grc σάββατον Sabbath, from en he Hebr שַׁבָּת shabát Sabbath, with the spelling ending in -th, probably influenced by the traditional transliteration of the Hebrew as shabbāth, being attested since the 14th century and widespread since the 16th. en Shabbat. Possibly from the Sumerian sa-bat ("mid-rest").Pinches, T.G. Hastings, James Selbie, John A., contrib Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics Charles Scribner's Sons 1919 889–891 Sabbath (Babylonian) https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr10hast_0/page/888/mode/2up Pronunciation en /ˈsæbəθ/ UK,US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sabbath.wav Southern England Noun en Friday, observed in en Islam as a day of rest and worship. en Saturday, observed in en Judaism as a day of rest and worship. en Sunday, observed in en Christianity as a day of rest and worship. en Jerusalem is a city of three Sabbaths–Friday (Muslim), Saturday (Jewish), and Sunday (Christian). A meeting of en witch witches. Also called a en witches' Sabbath, en Shabbat, en sabbat or en black Sabbath. en 1828 w:Thomas Keightley The Fairy Mythology II London William Harrison Ainsworth 241 They travel through the air in various strange conveyances, and it is no easy matter to distinguish between their convention and a Sabbath of the Witches. en 1936 Rollo Ahmed The Black Art Long London 112 Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths. One such ointment was composed of Aconite, Belladonna, Water Parsley, Cinquefoil and Babies' Fat. en 1971 Keith Thomas (historian) Keith Thomas Religion and the Decline of Magic 419 Folio Society 2012 Around this conception was built up the notion of ritual devil-worship, involving the sabbath or nocturnal meeting at which the witches gathered to worship their master and to copulate with him. en historical Among the ancient Jews and Hebrews, the seventh year, when the land was left fallow. en Sabbath year en Buddhism Myanmar en uposatha, a regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observance. Usage notes It is more commonbut not universalto use the lower-case spelling when speaking generically of any such similar day of religious observance (e.g. the Buddhist uposathas). Synonyms Friday en Jumu'ah, en holy day Saturday en Shabbat, en holy day Sunday en Lord's Day, en holy day Derived terms en Sabbatharian Sabbathism Sabbathize Sabbathly black Sabbath Buddhist sabbath Sabbath-breaker Sabbath-breaking Sabbath-day Sabbath-keeper Sabbath-keeping Sabbathless Sabbathlike Sabbath year Sabbath Gentile Sabbath goy witches' Sabbath Related terms en sabbat Sabbat sabbatarian Sabbatarian sabbatarianism Sabbatarianism sabbatic Sabbatic sabbatical Sabbatical sabbatically Sabbatically sabbatism Sabbatism sabbatise Sabbatise sabbatiser Sabbatiser sabbatist Sabbatist sabbatistic Sabbatistic sabbatistical Sabbatistical sabbatize Sabbatize sabbatizer Sabbatizer shabbat Shabbat shabbes Shabbes shabbos Shabbos Translations Friday (Islam) Finnish: fi sapatti French: fr vendredi m German: de Freitag m Hebrew: he יום שישי m יוֹם שִׁשִּׁי yom shishí Hindi: hi जुमा m Low German: German Low German: nds-de Freedag m, nds-de Friedag m Russian: ru пя́тница f Serbo-Croatian: sh петак m, sh petak m Saturday (Judaism) Aghwan: xag 𐕐𐔰𐕌𐔱𐔰𐕜 Arabic: ar اَلسَّبْت m Armenian: Old Armenian: xcl շաբաթ Bulgarian: bg шабат m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 安息日 ānxīrì Czech: cs sabat m, cs šabat m, cs šábes m Danish: da sabbat c Dutch: nl sabbat m, nl sjabbat m, nl sjabbes m Esperanto: eo sabato, eo ŝabato Faroese: fo sabbatur m Finnish: fi sapatti French: fr sabbat m, fr shabbat m, fr chabbat m German: de Sabbat m, de Schabbat m, de Schabbes m Greek: el σάββατο n Ancient Greek: grc σάββατον n Hebrew: he שַׁבָּת f shabát Hindi: hi सब्त m, hi विश्रामदिन m Ido: io sabato Indonesian: id sabat, id Sabat Irish: ga Sabóid f Japanese: ja 安息日 ansokunichi, ansokujitsu, ansokubi Kazakh: kk демалыс күні Ladino: lad shabat f Lao: lo ຊະບາໂຕ Latin: la sabbatum n, la Hērōdis diēs f Low German: German Low German: nds-de Sabbat m, nds-de Schabbat m, nds-de Schabbes m Macedonian: mk са́бат m Manchu: mnc ᠰᠠᠪᠪᠠᡨᠠ ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ Māori: mi hāpati Norwegian: Bokmål: nb sabbat m Nynorsk: nn sabbat m Old English: ang ræstedæġ m Persian: fa شبات šabât Plautdietsch: pdt Sabat m Polish: pl szabat m, pl szabas m Portuguese: pt sabá m Romanian: ro Șabat n Russian: ru шабба́т m, ru суббо́та f Saturday Serbo-Croatian: sh сабат m, sh sabat m Spanish: es sábado m, es sabbat m, es shabbat m Swedish: sv sabbat c Thai: th สะบาโต Triqui: Copala Triqui: trc güii naránj rá Turkish: tr Şabat Ukrainian: uk ша́баш m Volapük: vo jabat Yiddish: yi שבת m shabes Sunday (Christianity) Czech: cs neděle f Danish: da søndag c Esperanto: eo dimanĉo Finnish: fi sapatti French: fr dimanche m German: de Sonntag m Gujarati: gu વિશ્રામવાર m Hebrew: he יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן m yom rishón Hindi: hi सब्त m, hi विश्रामदिन m Ido: io sundio Irish: ga Sabóid f Low German: German Low German: nds-de Sünndag m Macedonian: mk не́дела f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb søndag m Nynorsk: nn sundag m, nn søndag m Polish: pl niedziela f Portuguese: pt domingo m Russian: ru воскресе́нье n Scottish Gaelic: gd Sàbaid f Serbo-Croatian: sh недеља f, sh nedelja f Spanish: es domingo m Swedish: sv söndag c, sv sabbat c Tamil: ta ஓய்வுநாள் Ukrainian: uk неділя f witches' Sabbath Basque: eu akelarre Bulgarian: bg сборище на вещици Catalan: ca aquelarre, ca akelarre Czech: cs sabat m Danish: da heksesabbat c Dutch: nl heksensabbat m Esperanto: eo sabatorgio Finnish: fi noitasapatti French: fr sabbat m, fr esba German: de Hexensabbat m, de Hexentanz m, de Teufelstanz m Italian: it sabba m Low German: German Low German: nds-de Hexensabbat m Macedonian: mk Norwegian: Bokmål: nb heksesabbat m Nynorsk: nn heksesabbat m Polish: pl sabat m Portuguese: pt sabbat, pt sabá m Russian: ru ша́ба́ш m, ru ша́ба́ш ведьм m Serbo-Croatian: sh врзино коло n Cyrl, sh vrzino kolo n Spanish: es aquelarre m Swedish: sv häxsabbat c Ukrainian: uk ша́баш m See also en Gregorian calendar en Jewish calendar en Islamic calendar References Anagrams en aabbhst Shabbat shabbat en terms derived from the Bible en Christianity Islam Judaism Religion Time