sab

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See also: Sab, Sab., SAB, and sAb

English

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Etymology 1

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Short for sabotage.

Verb

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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

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sab (plural sabs)

  1. (informal) A saboteur, especially of fox hunts.

Etymology 2

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Short for sable.

Noun

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sab (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of sab. (sable)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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sab (plural sabs)

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

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Catalan

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Verb

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sab

  1. Obsolete form of sap.

Cornish

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Noun

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sab f (singulative saben)

  1. pines

Synonyms

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Eastern Ojibwa

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Etymology

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cf. Ojibwe asab

Noun

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sab anim (plural sabiig)

  1. net

References

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

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French sable (sand).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sab

  1. sand

Maltese

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Root
s-j-b
11 terms

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sab (imperfect jsib, past participle misjub)

  1. to find
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:
      Ja Sena Ġdida,
      għalkemm mal-wasla tiegħek
      sew f’nofs il-lejl
      int sibtni nidħaq ġewwa nofs il-ballu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    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 [with b’]

Conjugation

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    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

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Noun

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sab anim

  1. net

References

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

Scots

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Noun

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sab (plural sabs)

  1. sob

Verb

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sab

  1. sob