different between coven vs sabbat

English

Etymology

From Middle English covent, from Anglo-Norman covent, cuvent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventum, from conveni?, from cum (“with”) and venio (“I come”). Doublet of convent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.v?n/
• Rhymes: -?v?n

Noun

coven (plural covens)

1. A formal group or assembly of witches.
2. A family, group or assembly of vampires.
3. A clique that shares common interests or activities.
   • 1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, Penguin, paperback edition, page 12

     “This is a very African area”, he said as they maneuvered their way among the covens of menacing children gathered in the halls.

Derived terms

• covener, covenstead, covendom

Translations

Anagrams

• vonce

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?ko.v?n/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?ko.b?n/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ko.ven/

Verb

coven

1. third-person plural present indicative form of covar

English

Etymology

From French sabbat (“Sabbath”)

Noun

sabbat (plural sabbats)

1. witches' Sabbath

Anagrams

• abbats, batabs

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sabbatum (“Sabbath”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew ???????? (shabát, “Sabbath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.b?t/
• Hyphenation: sab?bat

Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats, diminutive sabbatje n)

1. Sabbath

Synonyms

• sjabbat
• sjabbes

Derived terms

• sabbatjaar
• sabbatsheiliging
• sabbatsrust
• sabbatschennis

French

Alternative forms

• chabbat, shabbat

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sabbata or sabbatum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew ???? (shabát, “Sabbath”).
In regards to the semantic evolution to "witches' meeting" compare with ramdam, brouhaha. See also samedi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ba/
• Homophone: Saba

Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats)

1. Sabbath, biblical seventh day

   Les juifs observent fort exactement le sabbat.

2. witches' Sabbath, meeting of witches at midnight

   Qu’est-ce que vous portez donc là, mon petit fieu ? — Des crapauds qui t’ont vue au sabbat, vieille sorcière, répondit celui-ci. (Charles Deulin, Manneken-Pis)

3. noisy meeting

   Ces ivrognes ont fait un terrible sabbat.

Related terms

• sabbataire
• sabbatique
• sabbatiser
• sabbatisme
• sabbatiste

Descendants

• ? English: sabbat

See also

• samedi

References

• “sabbat” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “sabbat” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (sabbata), intensive of ??????? (sabata, “to cut, smite, cast down”). The root partly overlaps with ? ? ?? (s-b-?), which could explain the Maltese a-vocalism. It is likely that the verb was later associated with and influenced by the unrelated Sicilian sbattiri, Italian sbattere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sab.bat/

Verb

sabbat (imperfect jsabbat)

1. to bang, thump, stamp

Norman

Etymology

From Latin sabbata, sabbatum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (sábbaton, “Sabbath”).

Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats)

1. (Jersey) witches' Sabbath

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Hebrew ???? (shabát).

Noun

sabbat m (definite singular sabbaten, indefinite plural sabbater, definite plural sabbatene)

1. Sabbath, the Biblical seventh day of the week, observed as a day of rest in Judaism

Derived terms

• heksesabbat

References

• “sabbat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Hebrew ???? (shabát).

Noun

sabbat m (definite singular sabbaten, indefinite plural sabbatar, definite plural sabbatane)

1. Sabbath (as above)

Derived terms

• heksesabbat

References

• “sabbat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

sabbat m (plural sabbats)

1. Alternative form of sabá

Swedish

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Hebrew ????????.

Noun

sabbat c

1. Sabbath (Biblical seventh day of the week, observed in Judaism and by some Christians)
2. Sabbath (Sunday, observed by the majority of Christians)

Declension

Derived terms

• sabbatsår

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sabbat

1. supine of sabba.