sapaat

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish sabbat, from Latin sabbata or sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שבת‎ (shabát, “Sabbath”).

Noun

sapaat (plural sapaatit)

Sunday
- 2017 June 26, Lars Düwel, "Angut 24-nik ukiulik Nuummeersoq Roskilde Festivalimi hashimik tigummiartutut unnerluutigineqartoq", Sermitsiaq
  Angut 24-nik ukiulik Nuum meersoq unioqqutitsilluni hashimik tigummiarutut, sapaammi unnukkut nalunaaqutaq 18.45 politiinit unnerluutigineqarpoq.
  On Sunday evening, 18.45 o'clock, a 24-year-old man from Nuuk was charged by the police for illegally carrying hash.
sabbath

Derived terms

sapaatiuvoq
sapaatiummat
sapaatiuppat
sapaatikkut

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