إسا

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South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Contraction of الساعة (is-sāʔa, the hour). Compare Maltese issa, Iraqi Arabic هسا (hassa, now) and Egyptian Arabic لسا (lissa, still).

Adverb[edit]

إسا (ʔissa)

  1. (Galilee) now, just
    Synonyms: هلا (halla), هسا (hassa)

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