ܫܥܬܐ

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

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɑʕːθɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʃɑʔːtɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʃeːθɑː]

ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ • (šāˁṯā) f sg (plural ܫܵܥܹ̈ܐ (šāˁē) or ܫܵܥܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (šāˁāṯē))

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

   ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܐܸܫܬܝܼܢ ܕܲܩܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܒܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ― īṯ ištīn daqīqē b-šāˁṯā ― There are sixty minutes in an hour

   ܒܸܬ ܡܵܛܲܚ ܒܚܲܡܸܫ ܫܵܥܹ̈ܐ ― bit māṭaḥ b-ḥammiš šāˁē ― We will arrive in five hours

   ܘܵܠܹܐ ܕܛܵܪܹܝܬ ܬ݇ܚܘܿܬ ܬܡܵܢܝܼܢ ܟܝܼܠܘܿܡܝܼܛܪܹ̈ܐ ܒܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܠܕܗ̇ܝ ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ.

   wālē d-ṭārēt ḥōt tmānīn kīlōmīṭrē b-šāˁṯā l-d-aya urḥā.

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

   • Matthew 24:36:

     ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܠܗ̇ܘ ܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܘܠܗ̇ܝ ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܐܘܼܦ ܚܲܕ݇ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܝܵܕܹܥ، ܘܐܘܼܦ ܠܵܐ ܡܲܠܲܐܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܡܲܝܵܐ، ܐܸܠܵܐ ܒܵܒܵܐ ܒܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ.

     īnā l-awa yāwmā w-l-aya šāˁṯā ūp ḥa nāšā lē yādēˁ, w-ūp lā mallaˀḵē d-šmayyā, illā bābā b-nafšēh.

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

2. (by extension) the time

   see more in the construct state → ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ (šāˁaṯ)

   • Luke 23:44:

     ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܬܲܪܬܲܥܸܣܪܹܐ ܕܛܲܗܪܵܐ، ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܐ ܚܸܫܟܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܗܲܠ ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܬܠܵܬ݂ ܡ̣ܢ ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܛܲܗܪܵܐ

     ayḵ šāˁaṯ tartaˁisrē d-ṭahrā, wē lē ḥiškā ˁal kullāh arˁā hal šāˁaṯ tlāṯ min bār 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).

3. timepiece, clock, watch

   ܟܹܐ ܡܲܚܸܒܸܢ ܠܵܗ̇ ܫܵܥܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ ܫܲܦܝܼܪܬܵܐ. ― kē maḥḥibin lāh šāˁṯūḵ šapīrtā. ― I love your beautiful watch.

• 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.
• Masculine numbers are always used for the minutes as ܕܲܩܝܼܩܵܐ (daqīqā) is grammatically masculine. However, in some dialects of colloquial Assyrian Neo-Aramaic that use feminine numbers, they are used instead.

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

• ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܪܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ (šāˁṯā rabṯā, “clock”)
• ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܚܝܼܙܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ (šāˁṯā ḥīzāyṯā, “hourglass”)
• ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܙܲܗܪܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šāˁṯā mzahrānīṯā, “alarm clock”)

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

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

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

From the root ܫ-ܥ-ܐ (š-ʿ-ʾ) related to playing.

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

ܫܥܬܐ • (šʿāṯāʾ) 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, pp. 363a, 375b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 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, pp. 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”)