ساقية

Arabic

Root
س ق ي (s q y)
11 terms

ساقِيَة

سَوَاقٍ

Noun

سَاقِيَة • (sāqiya) f (plural سَاقِيَات (sāqiyāt) or سَوَاقٍ (sawāqin))

female equivalent of سَاقٍ (sāqin)
1. female cupbearer
2. female water carrier
3. bartendress, barmaid
4. waitress
runlet, rivulet, ditch
waterwheel, noria, sakia
Synonyms: سَانِيَة (sāniya), ناعُورَة (nāʕūra), دَالِيَة (dāliya), دَوْلَاب (dawlāb)

Declension

Declension of noun **سَاقِيَة** (sāqiya)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَاقِيَة sāqiya	السَّاقِيَة as-sāqiya	سَاقِيَة sāqiyat
nominative	سَاقِيَةٌ sāqiyatun	السَّاقِيَةُ as-sāqiyatu	سَاقِيَةُ sāqiyatu
accusative	سَاقِيَةً sāqiyatan	السَّاقِيَةَ as-sāqiyata	سَاقِيَةَ sāqiyata
genitive	سَاقِيَةٍ sāqiyatin	السَّاقِيَةِ as-sāqiyati	سَاقِيَةِ sāqiyati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَاقِيَتَيْن sāqiyatayn	السَّاقِيَتَيْن as-sāqiyatayn	سَاقِيَتَيْ sāqiyatay
nominative	سَاقِيَتَانِ sāqiyatāni	السَّاقِيَتَانِ as-sāqiyatāni	سَاقِيَتَا sāqiyatā
accusative	سَاقِيَتَيْنِ sāqiyatayni	السَّاقِيَتَيْنِ as-sāqiyatayni	سَاقِيَتَيْ sāqiyatay
genitive	سَاقِيَتَيْنِ sāqiyatayni	السَّاقِيَتَيْنِ as-sāqiyatayni	سَاقِيَتَيْ sāqiyatay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَاقِيَات‎; سَوَاقِي sāqiyāt‎; sawāqī	السَّاقِيَات‎; السَّوَاقِي as-sāqiyāt‎; as-sawāqī	سَاقِيَات‎; سَوَاقِي sāqiyāt‎; sawāqī
nominative	سَاقِيَاتٌ‎; سَوَاقٍ sāqiyātun‎; sawāqin	السَّاقِيَاتُ‎; السَّوَاقِي as-sāqiyātu‎; as-sawāqī	سَاقِيَاتُ‎; سَوَاقِي sāqiyātu‎; sawāqī
accusative	سَاقِيَاتٍ‎; سَوَاقِيَ sāqiyātin‎; sawāqiya	السَّاقِيَاتِ‎; السَّوَاقِيَ as-sāqiyāti‎; as-sawāqiya	سَاقِيَاتِ‎; سَوَاقِيَ sāqiyāti‎; sawāqiya
genitive	سَاقِيَاتٍ‎; سَوَاقٍ sāqiyātin‎; sawāqin	السَّاقِيَاتِ‎; السَّوَاقِي as-sāqiyāti‎; as-sawāqī	سَاقِيَاتِ‎; سَوَاقِي sāqiyāti‎; sawāqī

Descendants

Maltese: sieqja
Sicilian: saja
Moroccan Arabic: ساقية (sāqya)
→ Catalan: séquia
→ English: sakia
→ Italian: saia
→ Spanish: acequia
- → English: acequia

References

“ساقية” in Almaany
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “ساقية”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1386.
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ساقية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 474
Wehr, Hans (1979) “ساقية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 485
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ساقية”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 579

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
س ق ي
2 terms

From Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saːq.ja/

Noun

ساقية • (sāqya) f (plural ساقيات (sāqyāt) or سواقي (swāqi))

runlet, rivulet, ditch