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)

1. Sunday
   • 2017 June 26, Lars Düwel, “Angut 24-nik ukiulik Nuummeersoq Roskilde Festivalimi hashimik tigummiartutut unnerluutigineqartoq”, in Sermitsiaq:

     Angut 24-nik ukiulik Nuummeersoq 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.

2. sabbath

Declension

Declension of sapaat

	singular	plural
absolutive	sapaat	sapaatit
ergative	sapaatip	sapaatit
allative	sapaammut	sapaatinut
ablative	sapaammit	sapaatinit
prosecutive	sapaatikkut	sapaatitigut
locative	sapaammi	sapaatini
instrumental	sapaammik	sapaatinik
equative	sapaatitut	sapaatitut

Derived terms

• sapaatiuvoq
• sapaatiummat
• sapaatiuppat
• sapaatikkut