ساعة

See also: ساعت‎ and سائەت‎

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saː.ʕa/
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Noun

سَاعَة • (sāʿa) f (plural سَاعَات‎ (sāʿāt) or سَاع‎ (sāʿ))

hour (unit of time)
short time, a while
timepiece, clock, watch
(with the definite article, Islam) judgement day

Declension

Declension of noun سَاعَة (sāʿa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَاعَة sāʿa	السَّاعَة‎ as-sāʿa	سَاعَة sāʿat
Nominative	سَاعَةٌ sāʿatun	السَّاعَةُ‎ as-sāʿatu	سَاعَةُ sāʿatu
Accusative	سَاعَةً sāʿatan	السَّاعَةَ‎ as-sāʿata	سَاعَةَ sāʿata
Genitive	سَاعَةٍ sāʿatin	السَّاعَةِ‎ as-sāʿati	سَاعَةِ sāʿati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَاعَتَيْن‎ sāʿatayn	السَّاعَتَيْن‎ as-sāʿatayn	سَاعَتَيْ‎ sāʿatay
Nominative	سَاعَتَانِ‎ sāʿatāni	السَّاعَتَانِ‎ as-sāʿatāni	سَاعَتَا‎ sāʿatā
Accusative	سَاعَتَيْنِ‎ sāʿatayni	السَّاعَتَيْنِ‎ as-sāʿatayni	سَاعَتَيْ‎ sāʿatay
Genitive	سَاعَتَيْنِ‎ sāʿatayni	السَّاعَتَيْنِ‎ as-sāʿatayni	سَاعَتَيْ‎ sāʿatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَاعَات‎‎; سَاع‎ sāʿāt‎; sāʿ	السَّاعَات‎‎; السَّاع‎ as-sāʿāt‎; as-sāʿ	سَاعَات‎‎; سَاع‎ sāʿāt‎; sāʿ
Nominative	سَاعَاتٌ‎‎; سَاعٌ‎ sāʿātun‎; sāʿun	السَّاعَاتُ‎‎; السَّاعُ‎ as-sāʿātu‎; as-sāʿu	سَاعَاتُ‎‎; سَاعُ‎ sāʿātu‎; sāʿu
Accusative	سَاعَاتٍ‎‎; سَاعًا‎ sāʿātin‎; sāʿan	السَّاعَاتِ‎‎; السَّاعَ‎ as-sāʿāti‎; as-sāʿa	سَاعَاتِ‎‎; سَاعَ‎ sāʿāti‎; sāʿa
Genitive	سَاعَاتٍ‎‎; سَاعٍ‎ sāʿātin‎; sāʿin	السَّاعَاتِ‎‎; السَّاعِ‎ as-sāʿāti‎; as-sāʿi	سَاعَاتِ‎‎; سَاعِ‎ sāʿāti‎; sāʿi

Descendants

Abaza: сахӏат (sāḥāt)
Abkhaz: асааҭ (āsāāt)
Abkhaz: сыхьат (səx̍āṭ)
Albanian: sahat
Armenian: սահաթ (sahatʿ)
Avar: сагӏат (saʿat)
Azerbaijani: saat
Bashkir: сәғәт (säğät)
Chechen: сахьт (saḥt)
Chuvash: сехет (sehet)
Egyptian Arabic: ساعة‎ (sāʿa)
Georgian: საათი (saati)
Indonesian: saat
Kazakh: сағат (sağat)
Kurdish: seet
Kyrgyz: саат (saat)
Macedonian: са́ат (sáat)
Malay: saat, ساعت‎
Maltese: siegħa
Ossetian: сахат (saxat)
Persian: ساعت‎ (sâ'at)
Serbo-Croatian: са̑т/sȃt
Somali: saacad
Swahili: saa
Tajik: соат (soat)
Tatar: сәгать (säğat’)
Turkish: saat
Turkmen: sagat, сагат
Uyghur: سائەت‎ (sa'et)
Uzbek: soat
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 (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 44

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈseʕɑ/

Noun

ساعة • (sāʿa) f

hour
watch

Moroccan Arabic

Noun

ساعة (sāʿa)

hour

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