صاع

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic, cognate with Ge'ez ጽዋዕ (ṣəwwāʿ, “goblet”) – whence صُوَاع (ṣuwāʕ, “goblet”) –, Tigrinya ጽዋዕ (ṣəwaʿ, “bowl”), Tigre ጽዋእ (ṣəwaʾ, “a cubic measure; cup, bowl”), Gurage ጥዋ (ṭəwa, “a cubic measure”), Amharic ጽዋ (ṣəwwa), ጥዋ (ṭəwwa, “a cubic measure; cup, chalice”), Aramaic צעא / ܨܳܥܳܐ (ṣaʿā, “bowl”), Ugaritic 𐎕𐎓 (ṣʿ, “platter”). Juxtaposable with Hebrew סְאָה (seʾah, “seah, a cubic measure”), Aramaic סַאתַא / ܣܰܐܬܐ (saʾṯā, “a cubic measure”), apparently a separate borrowing from a non-Semitic source.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˤaːʕ/

Noun

صَاع • (ṣāʕ) m (plural أَصْوُع (ʔaṣwuʕ) or أَصْوَاع (ʔaṣwāʕ) or صِيعَان (ṣīʕān))

  1. (obsolete) a cubic measure
    1. (the ṣāʿ of the Prophet) 4.2125 liters
    2. (Morocco until 1923) 0.056 cubic meters

Declension
Declension of noun صَاع (ṣāʕ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَاع
ṣāʕ		 الصَّاع
aṣ-ṣāʕ		 صَاع
ṣāʕ
Nominative صَاعٌ
ṣāʕun		 الصَّاعُ
aṣ-ṣāʕu		 صَاعُ
ṣāʕu
Accusative صَاعًا
ṣāʕan		 الصَّاعَ
aṣ-ṣāʕa		 صَاعَ
ṣāʕa
Genitive صَاعٍ
ṣāʕin		 الصَّاعِ
aṣ-ṣāʕi		 صَاعِ
ṣāʕi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَاعَيْن
ṣāʕayn		 الصَّاعَيْن
aṣ-ṣāʕayn		 صَاعَيْ
ṣāʕay
Nominative صَاعَانِ
ṣāʕāni		 الصَّاعَانِ
aṣ-ṣāʕāni		 صَاعَا
ṣāʕā
Accusative صَاعَيْنِ
ṣāʕayni		 الصَّاعَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāʕayni		 صَاعَيْ
ṣāʕay
Genitive صَاعَيْنِ
ṣāʕayni		 الصَّاعَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāʕayni		 صَاعَيْ
ṣāʕay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَصْوُع‎; أَصْوَاع‎; صِيعَان
ʔaṣwuʕ‎; ʔaṣwāʕ‎; ṣīʕān		 الْأَصْوُع‎; الْأَصْوَاع‎; الصِّيعَان
al-ʔaṣwuʕ‎; al-ʔaṣwāʕ‎; aṣ-ṣīʕān		 أَصْوُع‎; أَصْوَاع‎; صِيعَان
ʔaṣwuʕ‎; ʔaṣwāʕ‎; ṣīʕān
Nominative أَصْوُعٌ‎; أَصْوَاعٌ‎; صِيعَانٌ
ʔaṣwuʕun‎; ʔaṣwāʕun‎; ṣīʕānun		 الْأَصْوُعُ‎; الْأَصْوَاعُ‎; الصِّيعَانُ
al-ʔaṣwuʕu‎; al-ʔaṣwāʕu‎; aṣ-ṣīʕānu		 أَصْوُعُ‎; أَصْوَاعُ‎; صِيعَانُ
ʔaṣwuʕu‎; ʔaṣwāʕu‎; ṣīʕānu
Accusative أَصْوُعًا‎; أَصْوَاعًا‎; صِيعَانًا
ʔaṣwuʕan‎; ʔaṣwāʕan‎; ṣīʕānan		 الْأَصْوُعَ‎; الْأَصْوَاعَ‎; الصِّيعَانَ
al-ʔaṣwuʕa‎; al-ʔaṣwāʕa‎; aṣ-ṣīʕāna		 أَصْوُعَ‎; أَصْوَاعَ‎; صِيعَانَ
ʔaṣwuʕa‎; ʔaṣwāʕa‎; ṣīʕāna
Genitive أَصْوُعٍ‎; أَصْوَاعٍ‎; صِيعَانٍ
ʔaṣwuʕin‎; ʔaṣwāʕin‎; ṣīʕānin		 الْأَصْوُعِ‎; الْأَصْوَاعِ‎; الصِّيعَانِ
al-ʔaṣwuʕi‎; al-ʔaṣwāʕi‎; aṣ-ṣīʕāni		 أَصْوُعِ‎; أَصْوَاعِ‎; صِيعَانِ
ʔaṣwuʕi‎; ʔaṣwāʕi‎; ṣīʕāni

Derived terms
  • رَدَّ لَهُ الصَّاعَ صَاعَيْنِ (radda lahu ṣ-ṣāʕa ṣāʕayni)

Descendants
  • Maltese: siegħ

References
  • “sˀh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “sˀṭn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Cardarelli, François (2003) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins, London: Springer, →ISBN, page 125
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 566
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 55
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 131
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