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shabbas

shabbas is the alternative letter-case form of Shabbas.

Proper noun capitalized: Shabbas

Shabbas

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Shabbat.
    • She renewed contact with the rabbi and other orthodox patients in the hospital, went to all the religious services, and loved nothing so much as lighting the Shabbas candles.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • I'm saying, I see what you're getting at, Dude, he kept the money, but my point is, here we are, it's shabbas, the sabbath, which I'm allowed to break only if it's a matter of life and death—1998, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, The Big Lebowski, spoken by Walter Sobchak (John Goodman)

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Questions about shabbas

What is shabbas the alternative letter-case form of?
Shabbas is the alternative letter-case form of Shabbas.
What part of speech is shabbas?
Shabbas is a proper noun.

Words near shabbas in the dictionary

  1. shabaroon
  2. shabaroons
  3. shabash
  4. Shabazz
  5. Shabazzes
  6. shabbas
  7. Shabbas goy
  8. Shabbas goyim
  9. Shabbas goys
  10. shabbat
  11. shabbat elevator

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