sab

See also: 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)

Noun

sab (plural sabs)

  1. (UK, slang) A sabbatical officer.
Alternative forms

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

sab

  1. Obsolete form of sap.

Cornish

Noun

sab f (singulative saben)

  1. pines

Synonyms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saːp/

Verb

sab (imperfect jsib, past participle misjub)

  1. to find
    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 [+ b’ (object)]

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
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