siegħa

Maltese

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪː.ja/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪː.aˤ/ (archaic)
• Rhymes: -ɪːaˤ, -ɪːja

Noun

siegħa f (dual sagħtejn, plural sigħat or (obsolete) swiegħi, diminutive swejgħa)

1. hour (unit of time)

   It-trasport lejn il-laboratorju aktarx jieħu iktar minn sitt sigħat.

   The transport to the laboratory is likely to take more than six hours.

Derived terms

• fis (fisa, fisaw)
• issa
• nofsiegħa