siegħa

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ساعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪːja/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪˤːaˤ/ (archaic)

Noun

siegħa f (plural sigħat, dual sagħtejn)

1. hour (unit of time)

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

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

Derived terms

• issa