кабала
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic кабала (kabala, “document, deed, debt issue”), from Turkish kabal (“certain quantity, tasked labour, one day labour”).
Noun edit
кабала́ • (kabalá) f inan (genitive кабалы́, nominative plural кабалы́, genitive plural каба́л)
- (historical) promissory note, leading to debt bondage if unpaid
- (historical) debt bondage
- enslavement, servitude, bondage
Declension edit
Declension of кабала́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-b)
Derived terms edit
- каба́льный (kabálʹnyj)
- закабаля́ть (zakabaljátʹ), закабали́ть (zakabalítʹ)
Descendants edit
- → Yakut: хабала (qabala)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Hebrew קַבָּלָה (“receiving/tradition”).
Noun edit
кабала́ • (kabalá) f inan (genitive кабалы́, uncountable)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- кабали́стика (kabalístika), каббали́стика (kabbalístika)