sabla

From sablo (“sand”) +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsabla]
• Rhymes: -abla
• Hyphenation: sa‧bla

sabla (accusative singular sablan, plural sablaj, accusative plural sablajn)

1. sandy

• sablla (ORB, narrow)

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)

1. sand

• sable in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• sablla in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 418: “la sabbia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1176: “du sable fin” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr

• IPA^(key): /sa.bla/
• Homophones: sablas, sablât

sabla

1. third-person singular past historic of sabler

• là-bas

From sablo +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsabla/

sabla

1. sandy, consisting of sand

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *sabla, from Latin sabula, from the plural of sabulum, variant of sabulō. Compare French sable, Italian sabbia.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaβlo]

• Audio (Languedoc):

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sabla f (uncountable)

1. sand

   Synonyms: arena, sorra

Borrowed from French sabler.

a sabla (third-person singular present sablează, past participle sablat) 1st conj.

1. to sand

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːbˌla/

sabla (not comparable)

1. A mild expletive; darn.

   Synonyms: attans, djävla, förbaskad, jämrans, nedrans, rackarns, satans

   Det var en sabla otur att jag kom för sent.

   It was darned unlucky that I was late.

There is also an interjection sablar (“darn it”).

sabla (present sablar, preterite sablade, supine sablat, imperative sabla)

1. (archaic) To sabre.

   Kavalleristerna sablade de flyende bönderna.

   The cavalry soldiers sabred the fleeing peasants.

2. (sabla ned) to pan, to criticize mercilessly

   Den nya pjäsen blev nedsablad av en enad kritikerkår.

   The new play was unanimously panned by the critics.

• sabla ner (variant)

• sabla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sabla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sabla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)