ساعة

See also: ساعت and سائەت

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.ʕa/

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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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

• صَلَاة السَّاعَات الْكَبِيرَة (ṣalā(t) as-sāʕāt al-kabīra)

Descendants

• Maltese: siegħa
• Egyptian Arabic: ساعة (sāʕa)
• Moroccan Arabic: ساعة (sāʕa)
• → Abaza: сахӏат (saḥat)
• → Abkhaz: асааҭ (asaat)
• → Adyghe: сыхьат (səḥat)
• → Avar: сагӏат (saʻat)
• → Chechen: сахьт (saḥʳt)
• → Indonesian: saat
• → Lithuanian: sahatas
• → Malay: saat, ساعت
• → Ossetian: сахат (saxat)
• → Persian: ساعت (sâ'at)
  • → Armenian: սահաթ (sahatʻ)
  • → Azerbaijani: saat
  • → Bashkir: сәғәт (səğət)
  • → Chagatai: ساعت
    • Uyghur: سائەت (sa'et)
    • Uzbek: soat
  • → Chuvash: сехет (seh̬et)
  • → Georgian: საათი (saati)
  • → Kazakh: сағат (sağat)
  • → Kurdish: seet
  • → Kyrgyz: саат (saat)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ساعت‏
    • → Albanian: sahat
    • → Macedonian: са́ат (sáat)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: са̑т/sȃt
    • Turkish: saat
  • Tajik: соат (soat)
  • → Tatar: сәгать (sägat’)
  • → Turkmen: sagat, сагат
• → Somali: saacad
• → Swahili: saa
• → Wolof: saa

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^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 44

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Egyptian Arabic

Noun

ساعة • (sāʿa) f

1. hour
2. watch

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːʕa/

Noun

ساعة • (sāʕa) f (plural سوايع (swāyeʕ))

1. hour