σάπων
English (LSJ)
[ᾱ], σάπωνος, ὁ, Lat. sapo, soap, τῷ Γερμανικῷ σμήγματι (καλεῖται δὲ σάπων) Ruf. ap. Orib.45.29.59, cf. Asclep. ap. Gal.12.586, Aret.CD 2.13:—a Gallic invention (hair-dye) adopted by the Germans acc. to Plin.HN28.191. [ᾱ, Seren.Sammon.153.] (The Germanic forms (OHG. seifa, OE. sápe, etc.) come fr.prim. Germanic *saipjō, whence also Finn. saippio; cf. σήπων.)
German (Pape)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σάπων: -ωνος, ὁ, Λατ. sapo, «σαποῦνι», Γερμ. Seife, Ἀρετ. Χρον. Νούσ. Θεραπευτ. 2. 13· ― λέξις Κελτικὴ ἢ Γερμανική, Πλιν. Ν. Η. 28. 12. [ᾱ, Seren. Samman. 158].
Frisk Etymological English
-ωνος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: soap
Derivatives: with σαπώνιον n. id., σαπωναρικός = soap-like, belonging to soap (late medic. a. o.).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Celt.X
Etymology: Acc. to usual assumption from Lat. sapo id. (since Plin.), which comes finally from Germ. (OHG seifa, OE sāpe etc.); s. W.-Hofmann s. v. with further lit. Diff. André Ét. celt. 7, 348 ff.: σάπων not from Lat. sapo, but from Anatolian Celtic; very well possible.
Frisk Etymology German
σάπων: -ωνος
{sápōn}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Seife
Derivative: mit -ώνιον n. ib., -ωναρικός ‘seifenartig, zur S. gehörig’ (sp. Mediz. u. a.).
Etymology: Nach gewöhnlicher Annahme aus lat. sāpō ib. (seit Plin.), das letzten Endes aus dem Germ. stammt (ahd. seifa, ags. sāpe usw.); s. W.-Hofmann s. v. mit weiterer Lit. Anders André Ét. celt. 7, 348 ff.: σάπων nicht aus lat. sāpō, sondern aus dem kleinasiatischen Keltischen; sehr erwägenswert.
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Translations
soap
Abkhaz: асапын; Acehnese: sabôn; Adyghe: сабын; Afrikaans: seep; Aklanon: habon; Albanian: sapun; Aleut: miilax̂; Amharic: ሳሙና; Arabic: صَابُون; Egyptian Arabic: صابونة, صابون; Aramaic Classical Syriac: ܨܦܘܢܐ; Armenian: օճառ, սապոն; Aromanian: sãpuni, sãpune; Assamese: চাবোন; Asturian: xabón; Avar: сапун; Azerbaijani: sabun; Bashkir: һабын; Basque: xaboi; Belarusian: мыла; Bengali: সাবান; Breton: saon, soavon; Bulgarian: сапун; Burmese: ဆပ်ပြာ; Buryat: мылэ, сабан; Carpathian Rusyn: мыдло; Catalan: sabó; Chamicuro: shawona; Chechen: саба; Cherokee: ᎣᎳ, ᎣᏝ; Chichewa: sopo; Chinese Cantonese: 番鹼, 番碱, 番梘, 番枧; Dungan: йизы; Eastern Min: 胰皂; Gan: 肥皂, 洋鹼, 洋碱; Hainanese: 差文; Hakka: 茶箍, 番鹼, 番碱, 石鹼, 石碱, 番鹼, 番碱; Hokkien: 雪文, 茶箍, 油胰; Jin: 肥皂, 胰子; Mandarin: 肥皂, 胰子; Northern Min: 胰仔; Teochew: 餅藥, 饼药, 饼药; Wu: 肥皂; Xiang: 肥皂, 胰子油; Chukchi: муԓемуԓ; Chuvash: супӑнь; Crimean Tatar: sabun; Czech: mýdlo; Dalmatian: sapaun; Danish: sæbe; Dargwa: сапун; Dhivehi: ސައިބޯނި; Dutch: zeep; Elfdalian: twål; Erzya: сапонь; Esperanto: sapo; Estonian: seep; Faroese: sápa; Finnish: saippua; French: savon; Friulian: savon; Gagauz: sabun; Galician: xabón, xabrón; Georgian: საპონი; German: Seife; Greek: σαπούνι; Ancient Greek: νίτρασμα, ῥύμμα, ῥύπτειρα, σάπων, σαφώνιον, σήπων, σμᾶμα, σμῆγμα, σμῆμα; Greenlandic: qaqorsaat; Gujarati: સાબુ; Hausa: sabulu; Hawaiian: kopa; Hebrew: סבון \ סַבּוֹן, בּוֹרִית; Hindi: साबुन; Hungarian: szappan; Hunsrik: Seif; Icelandic: sápa; Ido: sapono; Indonesian: sabun; Ingush: сапа; Interlingua: sapon; Inuktitut: ᐃᕐᒥᐅᑦ; Irish: gallúnach, sópa; Old Irish: gallúinech; Italian: sapone; Japanese: 石鹸, シャボン; Jarai: ia čơƀu; Kabardian: сабын; Kalmyk: савң; Kannada: ಸಾಬೂನು; Karachay-Balkar: сапын; Karakalpak: sabın; Karelian: saippu, muilu; Kashubian: mëdło; Kazakh: сабын; Khakas: сабын; Khmer: សាប៊ូ; Komi-Permyak: майтöг; Korean: 비누, 석감(石鹼); Kumyk: сапун; Kurdish Central Kurdish: سابون; Northern Kurdish: sabûn; Kyrgyz: самын; Ladino: shavón, שאבון; Lao: ສະບູ່; Latin: sapo; Latvian: ziepes; Lezgi: запун; Lithuanian: muilas; Lombard: savon, savun; Low German German Low German: Seep; Lun Bawang: sabun; Luxembourgish: Seef; Macedonian: сапун; Maguindanao: sabun; Malagasy: savony; Malay: sabun; Malayalam: സോപ്പ്; Maltese: sapuna; Manx: sheeabin; Maori: hopi; Maranao: sabon; Marathi: साबण; Mari Eastern Mari: шовын; Middle English: sope; Mongolian Cyrillic: саван; Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠪᠤᠩ; Nahuatl: āmōlli; Nanai: мэлэ; Navajo: táláwosh; Nepali: सावुन; Nogai: сабын; Norman: savon; Northern Sami: sáibbo, sáibu; Norwegian Bokmål: såpe; Nynorsk: såpe; Occitan: sabon; Odia: ସାବୁନ; Old English: sāpe; Old High German: seipfa, seiffa, seifa; Oromo: saamunaa; Osage: wépukxa; Ossetian: сапон; Ottoman Turkish: صابون; Papiamentu: habon; Pashto: سابون; Persian Dari: صَابُون; Iranian Persian: صابون; Piedmontese: savon; Plautdietsch: Seep; Polish: mydło; Portuguese: sabão, sabonete; Punjabi: ਸਾਬਣ; Rakhine: သပုန်; Rohingya: sabon; Romagnol: savôn; Romanian: săpun; Romansch: savun, savung, savùn; Russian: мыло; Sanskrit: फेनक; Sardinian: sabone, saboni, saoni, sapone; Saterland Frisian: Seepe; Scottish Gaelic: siabann; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: са̀пӯн; Roman: sàpūn; Seychellois Creole: savon; Shan: သပ်ႉပျႃႇ; Shor: сабын; Sicilian: sapuni; Sinhalese: සබන්; Slovak: mydlo; Slovene: milo; Somali: saabuun; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: mydło; Upper Sorbian: mydło; Sotho: sesepa; Southern Altai: самын; Southern Ohlone: hawun; Spanish: jabón, sopín; Swahili: sabuni; Swedish: tvål, såpa; Tabasaran: сябун; Tagalog: sabon; Tai Dam: ꪎꪱꪡ꫁ꪮꪉ; Tajik: собун; Tamil: சோப்பு; Tatar: сабын; Telugu: సబ్బు; Tetum: sabaun; Thai: สบู่; Tigrinya: ሳሙና; Tongan: koa; Tumbuka: sopo; Turkish: sabun; Turkmen: sabyn; Tuvan: саваң; Udmurt: майтал; Ukrainian: мило; Urdu: صابُن; Uyghur: سوپۇن; Uzbek: sovun; Venetian: saon, savon; Vietnamese: xà phòng, xà bông; Vilamovian: zaof; Volapük: sob; Welsh: sebon; Western Bukidnon Manobo: savun; Wolof: saabu; Yakut: мыыла; Yami: siken; Yiddish: זייף or; Yoruba: ọṣẹ; Zhuang: yangzgenj, genj