ساعة

See also: ساعت and سائەت

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.ʕa/

• Audio:

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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

     There is a [preordained] time for every nation: when their time comes, they shall not defer it by a single hour nor shall they advance it.

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

     They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it set in?"

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)
• → Hausa: sa'a
  • → Yoruba: sáà, سَا
• → Indonesian: saat
• → Karaim: саат (saat)
• → Lishana Deni: סאעא (sāʕa)
• → Lithuanian: sahatas
• → Malay: saat, ساعت
• → Middle Armenian: սահաթ (sahatʻ)
  • Armenian: սահաթ (sahatʻ)
• → Ossetian: сахат (saxat)
• → Classical Persian: ساعت (sā'at)
  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܵܥܲܬ (sāʿat)
  • → Azerbaijani: saat
  • → Bashkir: сәғәт (səğət)
  • → Kazakh: сағат (sağat), сәт (sät)
  • → Chagatai: ساعت
    • Uyghur: سائەت (sa'et)
    • Uzbek: soat
  • → Chuvash: сехет (seh̬et)
  • → Georgian: საათი (saati)
    • → Bats: საათ (saat)
  • → Kazakh: сағат (sağat)
  • → Northern Kurdish: seet
  • → Kyrgyz: саат (saat)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ساعت
    • Turkish: saat
    • → Albanian: sahat
    • → Macedonian: са́ат (sáat)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: са̑т/sȃt
  • → Tatar: сәгать (sägat’)
  • → Turkmen: sagat, сагат
• → Somali: saacad
• → Swahili: saa
  • → Iraqw: saa'a
  • → Kikuyu: thaa
  • → Luo: sa
  • → Lingala: sâ
  • → Luganda: essaawa
  • → Pökoot: saa
  • → Rwanda-Rundi: isaha, 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

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

ساعة • (sāʿa) f

1. hour
2. watch

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.ʕa/

Noun

ساعة • (sāʕa) f (plural ساعات (sāʕāt))

1. hour
2. clock, watch

See also

• (units of time) وحدات الوقت (wiḥdāt al-wagt); سنة (sana, “year”), شهر (šahar, “month”), أسبوع (ʔusbūʕ, “week”), يوم (yōm, “day”), ساعة (sāʕa, “hour”), دقيقة (dagīga, “minute”), ثانية (ṯānya, “second”), لحظة (laḥẓa, “moment”)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.ʕa/

• Audio:

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Noun

ساعة • (sāʕa) f (dual ساعتين (saʕtayn), plural سوايع (swāyiʕ) or ساعات (sāʕāt))

1. hour
2. clock
3. (in the plural) private lessons

See also

• تانية (tāniya, tānya, “second”)
• دقيقة (dqīqa, “minute”)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.ʕa/, [ˈsæː.ʕa], [ˈsaː.ʕa]

• Audio (Amman):

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Noun

ساعة • (sāʕa) f (plural ساعات (sāʕāt))

1. hour

   قديش الساعة؟

   ʔaddēš is-sāʕa?

   What time is it?

   (literally, “How much is the hour?”)

   Audio (Ramallah):

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   الساعة تنتين.

   is-sāʕa tintēn

   It's two o'clock.

   (literally, “The hour [is] two.”)

2. clock, watch

Usage notes

• Since ساعة (sāʕa) is feminine, واحد (wāḥad) and تنين (tnen) — the only two numbers with gendered forms — display feminine gender agreement when they refer to the hour of day.

See also

• (units of time) وحدات الوقت (waḥdāt il-waʔt); سنة (sane, “year”), شهر (šahr, “month”), أسبوع (ʔusbūʕ, “week”), يوم (yōm, “day”), ساعة (sāʕa, “hour”), دقيقة (daʔīʔa, “minute”), ثانية (ṯānye, “second”), لحظة (laḥẓa, “moment”)

Telling time in South Levantine Arabic · الساعة (“is-sāʕa”) (layout · text)
تنعش (tnaʕš)	تنعش وخمسة (tnaʕš w-ḵamse)	تنعش وعشرة (tnaʕš w-ʕašara)	تنعش وربع (tnaʕš w-rubʕ)	تنعش وتلت (tnaʕš w-tult)	تنعش ونصّ إلّا خمسة (tnaʕš w-noṣṣ illa ḵamse)
تنعش ونصّ (tnaʕš w-noṣṣ)	تنعش ونصّ خمسة (tnaʕš w-noṣṣ ḵamse)	واحدة إلّا تلت (waḥde illa tult)	واحدة إلّا ربع (waḥde illa rubʕ)	واحدة إلّا عشرة (waḥde illa ʕašara)	واحدة إلّا خمسة (waḥde illa ḵamse)