sabla
EsperantoEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sabla (accusative singular sablan, plural sablaj, accusative plural sablajn)
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /sa.bla/
- Homophones: sablas, sablât
VerbEdit
sabla
- third-person singular past historic of sabler
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AdjectiveEdit
sabla
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *sabla, from Latin sabula, from the plural of sabulum, variant of sabulō. Compare French sable, Italian sabbia.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sabla f (uncountable)
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SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Adjective attested since 1889. A combination of the expletives satan (literary "Satan") and djävla ("devil") and associated with sabel ("sabre"). The literal meaning of the verb is attested since 1610 and the figurative meaning since 1957.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
sabla (not comparable)
- A mild expletive; darn.
- Det var en sabla otur att jag kom för sent.
- It was darned unlucky that I was late.
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VerbEdit
sabla (present sablar, preterite sablade, supine sablat, imperative sabla)
- (archaic) To sabre.
- Kavalleristerna sablade de flyende bönderna.
- The cavalry soldiers sabred the fleeing peasants.
- (sabla ned) to pan, to criticize mercilessly
- Den nya pjäsen blev nedsablad av en enad kritikerkår.
- The new play was unanimously panned by the critics.
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of sabla (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | sabla | sablas | ||
Supine | sablat | sablats | ||
Imperative | sabla | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | sablar | sablade | sablas | sablades |
Indicative plural1 | sabla | sablade | sablas | sablades |
Subjunctive2 | sable | sablade | sables | sablades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | sablande | |||
Past participle | sablad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Conjugation of sabla ned (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | sabla ned | — | ||
Supine | sablat ned | — | ||
Imperative | sabla ned | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | sablar ned | sablade ned | — | — |
Indicative plural1 | sabla ned | sablade ned | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | sable ned | sablade ned | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | nedsablande | |||
Past participle | nedsablad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
SynonymsEdit
- sabla ner (variant spelling)