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)

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

See also
  • هلحين‎ (halḥīn)
  • هلقيت‎ (halʾēt, halkēt)
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