шабаш

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish szabas from Yiddish שבת (shabes, Sabbath), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát). Doublet of суббо́та (subbóta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʂabəʂ]
  • IPA(key): [ʂɐˈbaʂ]

Noun

ша́баш or шаба́ш • (šábaš or šabáš) m inan (genitive ша́баша or шаба́ша, nominative plural ша́баши or шаба́ши, genitive plural ша́башей or шаба́шей)

  1. Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest, Sabbath.
  2. A meeting of witches, presided over by the devil, Sabbath.
  3. Any merry debauched festival.
  4. (colloquial) end of the working day, quitting time (also pronounced šabáš).
    Шабаш, охо́тники! Сла́вно порабо́тали! — ве́село кри́кнул де́душка. — Сейча́с, пожа́луй, и домо́й пора́.
    Šabaš, oxótniki! Slávno porabótali! — véselo kríknul déduška. — Sejčás, požáluj, i domój porá.
    "That’s it, hunters! We did a great job!" the grandfather shouted merrily. "Now it’s about time we went home."

Declension

  • шабашник (šabašnik)
  • шабашка (šabaška)
  • шабашничать (šabašničatʹ)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шабаш”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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