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سَعَة
capacity, room, scope (also: means, plenty) /ˈsaʕah/
nounB1#2318 most common
Also: spaciousness, leeway, affluence/wealth
Example sentences
عِنْدي سَعَةٌ مِنَ الوَقْتِ اليَوْمَ.
I have plenty of time today.
هذا البَيْتُ فيهِ سَعَةٌ لِلْعائِلَةِ كُلِّها.
This house has enough room for the whole family.
لا تَقْلَقْ، في الأَمْرِ سَعَةٌ وَيُمْكِنُنا التَّأْجيل.
Don't worry, there's leeway in the matter and we can postpone.
أَهْلُ السَّعَةِ يَنْبَغي أَنْ يُساعِدوا الفُقَراء.
People of means should help the poor.
سَعَةُ صَدْرِهِ جَعَلَتْهُ يَتَقَبَّلُ النَّقْدَ بِهُدوء.
His broad-mindedness made him accept criticism calmly.
عَلى قَدْرِ سَعَتِكَ أَنْفِقْ، فَإِنَّ التَّبَذُّلَ يُورِثُ الفَقْر.
Spend according to your means, for extravagance leads to poverty.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَعَةٌ | سَعَاتٌ |
| Genitive | سَعَةٍ | سَعَاتٍ |
| Accusative | سَعَةً | سَعَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا سَعَةُ | يا سَعَاتُ |
Word family
واسعwide, spacious
وسِعَto have room or capacity for
وسّعto widen, to expand
اتساعexpansion, extent
موسّعexpanded, widened
Etymology
سَعَة is the verbal noun of the Arabic verb وَسِعَ, which means to have room or capacity for something. The initial waw of the root drops in this noun form, a regular pattern for Arabic verbs that begin with waw. From the same root comes واسع, the common adjective for wide or spacious.
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