суббота

Etymology

From Old East Slavic субота (subota), from Byzantine Greek σάμβατον (sámbaton), from Ancient Greek σάββατα (sábbata), from Aramaic [script needed] (šabbǝtā) or Hebrew שבת‎ (šabbāt). The -бб- arose from the influence of -bb- in the Western languages.

Near cognates: Ukrainian субо́та (subóta); Belarusian субо́та (subóta); Old Church Slavonic сѫбота (sǫbota); Bulgarian съ́бота (sǎ́bota); Serbo-Croatian су́бота.

But also there is Old Church Slavonic собота (sobota) (Czech, Slovak, Polish, Polabian, Lower Sorbian sobota) that is from Medieval Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατα (sábbata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʊˈbotə]

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Noun

суббо́та • (subbóta) f inan (genitive суббо́ты, nominative plural суббо́ты, genitive plural суббо́т)

1. Saturday

   в суббо́ту ― v subbótu ― on Saturday

   по суббо́там ― po subbótam ― on Saturdays

   к суббо́те ― k subbóte ― by Saturday

   с суббо́ты ― s subbóty ― from Saturday

   с пя́тницы до суббо́ты ― s pjátnicy do subbóty ― from Friday to Saturday

   в сле́дующую суббо́ту ― v slédujuščuju subbótu ― next Saturday