ܫܥܬܐ

Inherited from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא (šāʿəṯā); related to Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa) and Hebrew שָׁעָה (sha'á). Doublet of ܣܵܥܲܬ (sāˁat).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɑʕːθɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʃɑʔːtɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʃeːθa]

ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ • (šāˁṯā) f sg (plural ܫܵܥܹ̈ܐ (šāˁē) or ܫܵܥ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šāˁāṯā))

1. hour (a period of time, sixty minutes)

   ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܐܸܫܬܝܼܢ ܕܲܩܝܼ̈ܩܹܐ ܒܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ

   īṯ ištīn daqīqē bšāˁṯā

   There are sixty minutes in an hour

   ܒܸܬ ܡܵܛܹܝܚ ܒܚܲܡܸܫ ܫܵܥܹ̈ܐ ― bit māṭēḥ b-ḥammiš šāˁē ― We will arrive in five hours

   ܘܵܠܹܐ ܕܛܵܪܹܝܬ ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ ܬܡܵܢܝܼܢ ܟܝܼܠܘܿܡܝܼܛܪܹ̈ܐ ܓܲܘ ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ.

   wālē d-ṭārēt tḥōṯ tmānīn kīlōmīṭrē gaw šāˁṯā b-hāḏē urḥā.

   You must drive under eighty kilometers per hour on this road.

   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Matthew 24:36:

     ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܠܗ̇ܘ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ ܘܠܗ̇ܝ ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܐܵܦ ܚܲܕ݇ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܝܵܕ݂ܹܥ، ܘܐܵܦ ܠܵܐ ܡܲܠܲܐܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܕܫ̈ܡܲܝܵܐ، ܐܸܠܵܐ ܐܲܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ.

     īnā l-awa yawmā w-l-aya šāˁṯā āp ḥa nāšā lā kē yāḏēˁ, w-āp lā mallaˀḵē d-šmayyā, illā aḇā b-nafšēh.

     But of that day and that hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.

2. moment of time

   ܬܵܐ ܥܕ݂ܘܿܪ ܠܝܼ، ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܗܵܘܝܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ

   tā ˁḏōr lī, lā kē hāwyā illā ḥḏā šāˁṯā

   Come help me, it won’t be but a moment.

3. (by extension) current time

   see more in the construct state → ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ (šāˁaṯ)

   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Luke 23:44:

     ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܬܲܪܬܲܥܸܣܪܹܐ ܕܛܲܗܪܵܐ، ܗܘܹܐ ܠܹܐ ܚܘܼܫܟܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܗܲܠ ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܬܸܠܵܬ݂ ܡܸܢ ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ ܛܲܗܪܵܐ

     ayḵ šāˁaṯ tartaˁisrē d-ṭahrā, hwē lē ḥuškā ˁal kullāh arˁā hal šāˁaṯ tillāṯ min bāṯar ṭahrā

     Now it was about the sixth hour (twelfth hour at noon) and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour (third hour in the afternoon).

4. timepiece, clock, watch

   ܟܹܐ ܡܲܚܒܸܢ ܠܵܗ̇ ܫܵܥܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ ܫܲܦܝܼܪܬܵܐ.

   kē maḥbin lāh šāˁṯōḵ šapīrtā.

   I love your beautiful watch.

• Usually, the plural ܫܵܥܹ̈ܐ (šāˁē) is a paucal plural (from two to twelve or twenty-four) while the plural ܫܵܥ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šāˁāṯā) is a multiple plural (thirteen or twenty-five or more).
• Since ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ (šāˁṯā) is feminine, the numbers with gendered forms display feminine gender agreement when they refer to the hour of the day. However, in some dialects of colloquial Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, masculine numbers are often used regardless.

• ܪܦܵܦܵܐ (rpāpā, “moment”), ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (trayyānīṯā, “second”), ܝܲܘܡܵܐ (yawmā, “day”), ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (šāḇōˁā, “week”), ܝܲܪܚܵܐ (yarḥā, “month”), ܐܸܩܡܵܐ (iqmā, “season”), ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ (šētā, “year”)

• ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܪܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ (šāˁṯā rabṯā, “clock”)
• ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܚܝܼܙܵܝܬܵܐ (šāˁṯā ḥīzāytā, “hourglass”)
• ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܙܲܗܪܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šāˁṯā mzahrānīṯā, “alarm clock”)

Compare Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa) and Hebrew שָׁעָה (šāʿâ).

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑʕ(ə)θɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɑʕe], [ʃɑʕɑθɑ] (plural)

ܫܥܬܐ • (šāʿṯā) f (plural ܫܥܬܐ or ܫܥܐ)

1. hour (60 minutes)
2. time, o'clock
3. moment
4. season
5. (astronomy) angle, degree
6. (astronomy) ascendant
7. unit of weight equal to 5 oz.
8. (astrology) horoscope

• Usually, the plural ܫܥܐ (šāʿē) is a paucal plural (from two to ten) while the plural ܫܥܬܐ (šāʿāṯā) is a multiple plural (eleven or more).
• The absolute singular form ܫܥ (šāʿ) only occurs in the compound ܟܠܫܥ (kolšāʿ, “always”).

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)ʕɑθɑ] (singular and plural)

ܫܥܬܐ • (šʿāṯā) f (plural ܫܥܬܐ)

1. amusement, joke
2. laughing stock
3. play, game
4. sport
5. spectacle

• “šˁh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 363a, 375b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 588a, 598a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, pages 1584b–1585a

From Aramaic ܫܥܬܐ (šāʿṯā). Doublet of ܣܰܥܰܐ (saca), an Arabic borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ʃoʕθo/

ܫܳܥܬ݂ܳܐ • (šocṯo) f (plural ܫܳܥܶܐ (šoce))

1. hour

   Synonym: ܣܰܥܰܐ (saca)

• ܫܰܬܳܐ (šato, “year”)
• ܝܰܪܚܳܐ (yarḥo, “month”)
• ܫܰܒܬ݂ܳܐ (šabṯo, “week”)
• ܝܰܘܡܳܐ (yawmo, “day”)
• ܕܰܩܩܰܐ (daqqa, “minute”), ܩܰܛܷܢܬܳܐ (qaṭënto, “minute”)
• ܨܰܢܝـܝܶܐ (ṣaniye, “second”), ܪܦܳܦܳܐ (rfofo, “second”)