Etymology

shabbos

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Today it means: Shabbat or shabbat (the biblical seventh-day Sabbath). Full definition →

Yiddish שבת ← Hebrew שַׁבָּת
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromשַׁבָּת
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromשבת
  3. English todayshabbos

Borrowed from Yiddish שבת (shabes), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát). Doublet of Shabbat and Sabbath.

Words from the same roots

Hebrewשַׁבָּת all →

sabbath

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.