sabra
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
sabra (plural sabras)
- Alternative spelling of Sabra
AnagramsEdit
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EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Hebrew צַבָּר (tsabár, “prickly pear cactus; Sabra”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sabra m (plural sabra's, diminutive sabraatje n)
- Sabra (native-born Israeli) [from 1950s]
- 1953 December 2, "Het beloofde land. Nederlander is ook in Israel een gewaardeerde immigrant. Nieuw leven in de kibboets.", Het Rotterdamsch Parool, vol. 13, no. 283, page 4.
- Dat blijkt op de avonden, als zij de nieuwe volksdansen uitvoeren: snelle, dynamische dansen, in het land ontstaan, die uiting geven aan de levensvreugd van de „sabra's”, zoals de in Israël geboren pionierskinderen met de naam van de stekelige vrucht van een inheemse cactusplant worden genoemd.
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- 1953 December 2, "Het beloofde land. Nederlander is ook in Israel een gewaardeerde immigrant. Nieuw leven in de kibboets.", Het Rotterdamsch Parool, vol. 13, no. 283, page 4.
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sabra
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of sabra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sabra | sabrat | |
genitive | sabran | sabrojen | |
partitive | sabraa | sabroja | |
illative | sabraan | sabroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sabra | sabrat | |
accusative | nom. | sabra | sabrat |
gen. | sabran | ||
genitive | sabran | sabrojen sabrainrare | |
partitive | sabraa | sabroja | |
inessive | sabrassa | sabroissa | |
elative | sabrasta | sabroista | |
illative | sabraan | sabroihin | |
adessive | sabralla | sabroilla | |
ablative | sabralta | sabroilta | |
allative | sabralle | sabroille | |
essive | sabrana | sabroina | |
translative | sabraksi | sabroiksi | |
instructive | — | sabroin | |
abessive | sabratta | sabroitta | |
comitative | — | sabroineen |
Possessive forms of sabra (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | sabrani | sabramme |
2nd person | sabrasi | sabranne |
3rd person | sabransa |
FrenchEdit
VerbEdit
sabra
- third-person singular past historic of sabrer
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Hebrew צַבָּר (ṣabár).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sabra m or f by sense (invariable)
AdjectiveEdit
sabra (invariable)
ReferencesEdit
- sabra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana