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
  • → English: acequia

References

• “ساقية” in Almaany
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ساقية”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1386
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ساقية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], 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^[3] (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