صاع

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic, cognate with Ge'ez ጽዋዕ (ṣəwwāʿ, goblet) – whence صُوَاع (ṣuwāʕ, goblet) –, Tigrinya ጽዋዕ (ṣəwaʿ, bowl), Tigre ጽዋእ (ṣəwaʾ, a cubic measure; cup, bowl), Gurage ጥዋ (ṭəwa, a cubic measure), Amharic ጽዋ (ṣəwwa), ጥዋ (ṭəwwa, a cubic measure; cup, chalice), Aramaic צעא / ܨܳܥܳܐ (ṣaʿā, bowl), Ugaritic 𐎕𐎓 (ṣʿ, platter). Juxtaposable with Hebrew סְאָה (seʾah, seah, a cubic measure), Aramaic סַאתַא / ܣܰܐܬܐ (saʾṯā, a cubic measure), apparently a separate borrowing from a non-Semitic source.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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صَاع (ṣāʕm (plural أَصْوُع (ʔaṣwuʕ) or أَصْوَاع (ʔaṣwāʕ) or صِيعَان (ṣīʕān))

  1. (obsolete) a cubic measure
    1. (the ṣāʿ of the Prophet) 4.2125 liters
    2. (Morocco until 1923) 0.056 cubic meters

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Maltese: siegħ

References

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  • sˀh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • sˀṭn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Cardarelli, François (2003) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins, London: Springer, →ISBN, page 125
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 566
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 55
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 131