إسا

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

إسا • (ʔissa)

1. (Druze, South Lebanon) now

   Synonym: هلق (hallaʔ)

2. (Lebanon) still; just

   Synonyms: لسا (lissa) (Syria), بعد (baʕd)

• The sense "still; just" attaches to personal pronouns by extending the stem to إسَّاتـ (ʔissāt-), as in إسَّاتنا (ʔissātna, “we’re still..., we’ve just...”).

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

إسا • (ʔissa)

1. (Galilee) now, just

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