sab

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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. (heraldry) Abbreviation of sable.

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

  1. net

References

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


Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French sable (sand)

Noun

sab

  1. sand

Maltese

Root
s-j-b
11 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

sab (imperfect jsib, past participle misjub)

  1. to find
    1. to find (something) useful
  2. to catch
  3. to look for
  4. to find out, to realise

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

Scots

Noun

sab (plural sabs)

  1. sob

Verb

sab

  1. sob