ساقية

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ق ي‎ (s-q-y).

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of noun سَاقِيَة (sāqiya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	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)
Plural	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: saqja, seqja
Sicilian: saja
Moroccan Arabic: ساقية‎ (sāqya)
→ Catalan: séquia
→ English: sakia
→ Italian: saia
→ Spanish: acequia
- → English: 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; 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))

runlet, rivulet, ditch

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