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سَبَت
basket /ˈsa.bat/
nounB1#1723 most common
Also: hamper, wicker basket
Example sentences
هَذَا سَبَت كَبِير.
This is a big basket.
وَضَعْتُ الْخُبْزَ فِي السَّبَت.
I put the bread in the basket.
حَمَلَتْ أُمِّي سَبَت الْخُضَار إِلَى الْبَيْت.
My mother carried the vegetable basket home.
اِشْتَرَيْنَا سَبَتاً مَصْنُوعاً مِنْ سَعَفِ النَّخِيل.
We bought a basket made from palm fronds.
اِمْتَلَأَ السَّبَت بِالْفَوَاكِهِ الطَّازَجَةِ الَّتِي قَطَفْنَاهَا مِنَ الْحَدِيقَة.
The basket filled with the fresh fruit we picked from the garden.
لَا تَضَعْ كُلَّ مَا تَمْلِكُ فِي سَبَتٍ وَاحِد، فَالْحِكْمَةُ تَقْتَضِي تَوْزِيعَ الْمَخَاطِر.
Do not put everything you own in one basket; wisdom requires spreading the risk.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَبَتٌ | سِبَاتٌ |
| Genitive | سَبَتٍ | سِبَاتٍ |
| Accusative | سَبَتاً | سِبَاتاً |
| Vocative | يَا سَبَتُ | يَا سِبَاتُ |
Word family
سَبْتSaturday, the Sabbath
سُبَاتdeep sleep, lethargy
سَبَتَto rest, to cease work
سَلَّةbasket (standard synonym)
Etymology
Sabat is a woven basket, often made from palm fronds. The word carries the Arabic consonants س-ب-ت, a root also tied to rest and cutting off, but the path from that root to basket-making is not clear. It is an everyday word in Egyptian and Levantine speech.
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