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)
- (Galilee) now, just
- Synonyms: هلا (halla), هسا (hassa)
See also
- هلحين (halḥīn)
- هلقيت (halʾēt, halkēt)