إسا

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

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

Adverb

إسا • (ʔissa)

1. (Galilee) now, just

   Synonyms: هلا (halla), هسا (hassa), هلقيت (halʔēt), الحين (alḥīn)