sab

See also: Sab, Sab., SAB, and sAb

English

Etymology 1

Short for sabotage.

Verb

sab (third-person singular simple present sabs, present participle sabbing, simple past and past participle sabbed)

1. (informal) To sabotage, especially fox hunts in opposition to blood sports.

Noun

sab (plural sabs)

1. (informal) A saboteur, especially of fox hunts.

Etymology 2

Short for sable.

Noun

sab (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of sab. (“sable”)

Etymology 3

Noun

sab (plural sabs)

1. (UK, slang) A sabbatical officer.

Alternative forms

• sabb

Anagrams

• B.A.'s, BAs, SBA, Abs, B. A. S., ABs, abs, abs., Bas, ABS, BAS, bas, abs-, ASB, A.B.s, B.A.S., BSA, B.A.s

Catalan

Verb

sab

1. Obsolete form of sap.

Cornish

Noun

sab f (singulative saben)

1. pines

Synonyms

• pin

Eastern Ojibwa

Etymology

cf. Ojibwe asab

Noun

sab anim (plural sabiig)

1. net

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 117

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French sable (“sand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sab/

Noun

sab

1. sand

Maltese

Root
s-j-b
11 terms

Alternative forms

• sieb

Etymology

From Arabic أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba). Compare Moroccan Arabic صاب (ṣāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːp/

Verb

sab (imperfect jsib, past participle misjub)

1. to find
   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:

     Ja Sena Ġdida,
     għalkemm mal-wasla tiegħek
     sew f’nofs il-lejl
     int sibtni nidħaq ġewwa nofs il-ballu

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   1. to find (something or someone) useful
2. to catch
3. to look for
4. to find out, to realise
5. to be known as [with b’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of sab
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sibt	sibt	sab		sibna	sibtu	sabu
	f			sabet
imperfect	m	nsib	ssib	jsib		nsibu	ssibu	jsibu
	f			ssib
imperative			sib				sibu

Ottawa

Noun

sab anim

1. net

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 117

Scots

Noun

sab (plural sabs)

1. sob

Verb

sab

1. sob