sabla
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sabla (accusative singular sablan, plural sablaj, accusative plural sablajn)
Back-formation from sablon m via subtraction of -on. Feminine gender apparently by analogy with pairs like glaçon m :: glace f.[1]
sabla f (plural sables) (ORB, broad)
sabla
From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *sabla, from Latin sabula, from the plural of sabulum, variant of sabulō. Compare French sable, Italian sabbia.
sabla f (uncountable)
a sabla (third-person singular present sablează, past participle sablat) 1st conj.
| infinitive | a sabla | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | sablând | ||||||
| past participle | sablat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | sablez | sablezi | sablează | sablăm | sablați | sablează | |
| imperfect | sablam | sablai | sabla | sablam | sablați | sablau | |
| simple perfect | sablai | sablași | sablă | sablarăm | sablarăți | sablară | |
| pluperfect | sablasem | sablaseși | sablase | sablaserăm | sablaserăți | sablaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să sablez | să sablezi | să sableze | să sablăm | să sablați | să sableze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | sablează | sablați | |||||
| negative | nu sabla | nu sablați | |||||
Adjective attested since 1889. A combination of the expletives satan (“Satan”) and djävla (“devil”) and associated with sabel (“sabre”). The literal meaning of the verb is attested since 1610 and the figurative meaning since 1957.
sabla (not comparable)
There is also an interjection sablar (“darn it”).
sabla (present sablar, preterite sablade, supine sablat, imperative sabla)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sabla | sablas | ||
| Supine | sablat | sablats | ||
| Imperative | sabla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | sablen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | sablar | sablade | sablas | sablades |
| Ind. plural1 | sabla | sablade | sablas | sablades |
| Subjunctive2 | sable | sablade | sables | sablades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | sablande | |||
| Past participle | sablad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sabla ned | — | ||
| Supine | sablat ned | — | ||
| Imperative | sabla ned | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | sablen ned | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | sablar ned | sablade ned | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | sabla ned | sablade ned | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | sable ned | sablade ned | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | nedsablande | |||
| Past participle | nedsablad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||