ساعة

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See also: ساعت and سائەت

Arabic

Etymology

According to Nöldeke, Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa) and Ge'ez ሰዓት (säʿat), ሳዐት (saʿät) are borrowed from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא / ܫܳܥܬܳܐ (šāʿəṯā). Leslau does not dispute this. Compare Hebrew שָׁעָה (šāʿā́) and Mehri سات.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saː.ʕa/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

سَاعَة • (sāʕa) f (plural سَاعَات (sāʕāt) or سَاع (sāʕ))

  1. hour (unit of time)
  2. short time, a while
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:34:
      فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
      faʔiḏā jāʔa ʔajaluhum lā yastaʔḵirūna sāʕatan walā yastaqdimūna
      There is a time for every nation: when their time comes, they shall not defer it by a single hour nor shall they advance it.
  3. timepiece, clock, watch
  4. (with the definite article, Islam) judgement day
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 79:42:
      يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
      yasʔalūnaka ʕani s-sāʕati ʔayyāna mursāhā
      They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it set in?"

Declension

Declension of noun سَاعَة (sāʕa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَاعَة
sāʕa 		السَّاعَة
as-sāʕa 		سَاعَة
sāʕat
Nominative سَاعَةٌ
sāʕatun 		السَّاعَةُ
as-sāʕatu 		سَاعَةُ
sāʕatu
Accusative سَاعَةً
sāʕatan 		السَّاعَةَ
as-sāʕata 		سَاعَةَ
sāʕata
Genitive سَاعَةٍ
sāʕatin 		السَّاعَةِ
as-sāʕati 		سَاعَةِ
sāʕati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَاعَتَيْن
sāʕatayn 		السَّاعَتَيْن
as-sāʕatayn 		سَاعَتَيْ
sāʕatay
Nominative سَاعَتَانِ
sāʕatāni 		السَّاعَتَانِ
as-sāʕatāni 		سَاعَتَا
sāʕatā
Accusative سَاعَتَيْنِ
sāʕatayni 		السَّاعَتَيْنِ
as-sāʕatayni 		سَاعَتَيْ
sāʕatay
Genitive سَاعَتَيْنِ
sāʕatayni 		السَّاعَتَيْنِ
as-sāʕatayni 		سَاعَتَيْ
sāʕatay
Plural sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَاعَات‎; سَاع
sāʕāt‎; sāʕ 		السَّاعَات‎; السَّاع
as-sāʕāt‎; as-sāʕ 		سَاعَات‎; سَاع
sāʕāt‎; sāʕ
Nominative سَاعَاتٌ‎; سَاعٌ
sāʕātun‎; sāʕun 		السَّاعَاتُ‎; السَّاعُ
as-sāʕātu‎; as-sāʕu 		سَاعَاتُ‎; سَاعُ
sāʕātu‎; sāʕu
Accusative سَاعَاتٍ‎; سَاعًا
sāʕātin‎; sāʕan 		السَّاعَاتِ‎; السَّاعَ
as-sāʕāti‎; as-sāʕa 		سَاعَاتِ‎; سَاعَ
sāʕāti‎; sāʕa
Genitive سَاعَاتٍ‎; سَاعٍ
sāʕātin‎; sāʕin 		السَّاعَاتِ‎; السَّاعِ
as-sāʕāti‎; as-sāʕi 		سَاعَاتِ‎; سَاعِ
sāʕāti‎; sāʕi

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 481
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 44

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

ساعة • (sāʿa) f

  1. hour
  2. watch

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

Noun

ساعة • (sāʕa) f (dual ساعتين (saʕtayn), plural سوايع (swāyiʕ) or ساعات (sāʕāt))

  1. hour
  2. clock
  3. (in the plural) private lessons

See also

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

Noun

ساعة • (sāʕa) f (plural ساعات (sāʕāt))

  1. hour
    قديش الساعة؟
    ʔaddēš is-sāʕa?
    What time is it?
    (literally, “How much is the hour?”)
    Audio (Ramallah)(file)
    الساعة تنتين.
    is-sāʕa tintēn
    It's two o'clock.
    (literally, “The hour two.”)
  2. clock, watch

Usage notes

  • Since ساعة (sāʕa) is feminine, واحد (wāḥad) and تنين (tnen) — the only two numbers with gendered forms — display feminine gender agreement when they refer to the hour of day.

See also

Telling time in South Levantine Arabic · الساعة (“is-sāʕa”) (layout · text)
تنعش (tnaʕš) تنعش وخمسة (tnaʕš w-ḵamse) تنعش وعشرة (tnaʕš w-ʕašara) تنعش وربع (tnaʕš w-rubʕ) تنعش وتلت (tnaʕš w-tult) تنعش ونصّ إلّا خمسة (tnaʕš w-noṣṣ illa ḵamse)
تنعش ونصّ (tnaʕš w-noṣṣ) تنعش ونصّ خمسة (tnaʕš w-noṣṣ ḵamse) واحدة إلّا تلت (waḥde illa tult) واحدة إلّا ربع (waḥde illa rubʕ) واحدة إلّا عشرة (waḥde illa ʕašara) واحدة إلّا خمسة (waḥde illa ḵamse)
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