سانية

سانية

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ن و‎ (s-n-w).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.ni.ja/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /saːn.ja/

Noun

سَانِيَة • (sāniya) f (plural سَوَانٍ‎ (sawānin), plural construct state سَوَانِي‎ (sawānī))

1. water-transporting camel
2. noria, waterwheel

   Synonym: دَالِيَة‎ (dāliya)

Declension

Declension of noun سَانِيَة (sāniya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَانِيَة sāniya	السَّانِيَة‎ as-sāniya	سَانِيَة sāniyat
Nominative	سَانِيَةٌ sāniyatun	السَّانِيَةُ‎ as-sāniyatu	سَانِيَةُ sāniyatu
Accusative	سَانِيَةً sāniyatan	السَّانِيَةَ‎ as-sāniyata	سَانِيَةَ sāniyata
Genitive	سَانِيَةٍ sāniyatin	السَّانِيَةِ‎ as-sāniyati	سَانِيَةِ sāniyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَانِيَتَيْن‎ sāniyatayn	السَّانِيَتَيْن‎ as-sāniyatayn	سَانِيَتَيْ‎ sāniyatay
Nominative	سَانِيَتَانِ‎ sāniyatāni	السَّانِيَتَانِ‎ as-sāniyatāni	سَانِيَتَا‎ sāniyatā
Accusative	سَانِيَتَيْنِ‎ sāniyatayni	السَّانِيَتَيْنِ‎ as-sāniyatayni	سَانِيَتَيْ‎ sāniyatay
Genitive	سَانِيَتَيْنِ‎ sāniyatayni	السَّانِيَتَيْنِ‎ as-sāniyatayni	سَانِيَتَيْ‎ sāniyatay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَوَانِي‎ sawānī	السَّوَانِي‎ as-sawānī	سَوَانِي‎ sawānī
Nominative	سَوَانٍ‎ sawānin	السَّوَانِي‎ as-sawānī	سَوَانِي‎ sawānī
Accusative	سَوَانِيَ‎ sawāniya	السَّوَانِيَ‎ as-sawāniya	سَوَانِيَ‎ sawāniya
Genitive	سَوَانٍ‎ sawānin	السَّوَانِي‎ as-sawānī	سَوَانِي‎ sawānī

Descendants

• → Aragonese: cenia
• → Catalan: sinia, senia
• → Galician: acea
• → Portuguese: azenha
• → Old Spanish: azenia (pre-literary, 10th century)
  • Spanish: aceña

References

• Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “aceña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 33
• Freytag, Georg (1833), “سانية”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 367
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “سانية”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1155
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “سانية”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1450
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “سانية”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 606