إسا

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

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

Adverb

إسا • (ʔissa)

(Galilee) now, just
Synonyms: هلا (halla), هسا (hassa)

See also

هالحين (halḥīn)
هلقيت (halʔēt, halkēt)

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