Shabbat
See also: shabbat
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew שבת (shabát, “rest”). Variants ending in -s were influenced by the Yiddish form שבת (shabes).
Proper noun
Shabbat
- The Jewish Sabbath, from sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday, commemorating God's rest on the seventh day in the book of Genesis.
- I leave early on Fridays, as I don't work on Shabbat.
- The ceremonial first meal of Shabbat
- Please join us for Shabbat tonight.
- Alternative form of Sabbath (“witches' meeting”)
Related terms
- Sabbat, sabbat
- Sabbatarian
- Sabbatarianism
- Sabbath, sabbath
- Sabbath Gentile, sabbath gentile
- Sabbath Goy, sabbath goy
- sabbatise
- sabbatiser
- sabbatize
- sabbatizer
- Shabbat Goy
- Shabbos Goy, shabbos goy
- Shabes Goy, shabes goy
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