σάββατον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Biblical Hebrew שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ, “Sabbath”), or, alternatively, from Aramaic שַׁבְּתָא (šabbəṯā, “Sabbath”).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    σάββατον • (sábbaton) n (genitive σαββάτου); second declension

    1. Sabbath

    Inflection

    Second declension of τὸ σάββατον; τοῦ σαββάτου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Plural
    Nominative τὸ σάββατον
    tò sábbaton     		τᾰ̀ σάββατᾰ
    tằ sábbată
    Genitive τοῦ σαββάτου
    toû sabbátou     		τῶν σαββάτων
    tôn sabbátōn
    Dative τῷ σαββάτῳ
    tōî sabbátōi     		τοῖς σάββασῐ / σάββασῐν / σαββάτοις
    toîs sábbasĭ(n) / sabbátois
    Accusative τὸ σάββατον
    tò sábbaton     		τᾰ̀ σάββατᾰ
    tằ sábbată
    Vocative σάββατον
    sábbaton     		σάββατᾰ
    sábbată
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    • σαββατίζω (sabbatízō) (> σαββατισμός (sabbatismós))
    • σαββάτωσις (sabbátōsis)

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Lily Kahn with Aaron D. Rubin (2016) chapter 8, in Handbook of Jewish Languages, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201

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