سَاعَة
sāʿa
Noun
Meaning
hour
clock
watch
an hour
Usage
Means both 'hour' and 'clock/watch' in Lebanese Arabic. When asking the time, you say قَدِّيش السَّاعَة؟ (What time is it?). Plural is سَاعَات.
Morphology
Genderfeminine
Plural (sound)سَاعَات
Examples
قَدِّيش السَّاعَة هَلَّأ؟
What time is it now?
بِوْعَى السَّاعَة سِتَّة الصُّبِح.
I wake up at six in the morning.
مْبَارِح رَاح السَّاعَة تِسْعَة، هَيْك شِي.
Yesterday he left around nine, something like that.
Root
س و ع
