siegħa
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic سَاعَة (sāʿa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪː.ja/
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪː.aˤ/ (archaic)
Noun
siegħa f (dual sagħtejn, plural sigħat or (obsolete) swiegħi, diminutive swejgħa)
- hour (unit of time)
- It-trasport lejn il-laboratorju aktarx jieħu iktar minn sitt sigħat.
- The transport to the laboratory is likely to take more than six hours.
Derived terms
- fis (fisa, fisaw)
- issa
- nofsiegħa