sabra

See also: Sabra, sabrá, and sabrà

English

Noun

sabra (plural sabras)

  1. Alternative spelling of Sabra

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Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaː.braː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: sa‧bra

Noun

sabra m (plural sabra's, diminutive sabraatje n)

  1. 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

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Finnish

Noun

sabra

  1. sabra

Declension
Inflection of sabra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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

French

Verb

sabra

  1. third-person singular past historic of sabrer

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew צַבָּר‎ (ṣabár).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.bra/, [ˈs̪äːbr̺ä]
  • Hyphenation: sà‧bra

Noun

sabra m or f (invariable)

  1. A Jew born in Palestine.
  2. Sabra (native-born Israeli) [from 1950s]

Adjective

sabra (invariable)

  1. Sabra (attributive)

References
  • sabra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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