ساقية

Arabic
Root
س ق ي (s-q-y)

Noun

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

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

Declension
Declension of noun سَاقِيَة (sāqiya)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
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)
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

References
  • “ساقية” in Almaany
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ساقية”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1386
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ساقية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, 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 (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))

  1. runlet, rivulet, ditch
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