هسة

• هسه (alternative spelling)

Contraction of هالساعة (ha-s-sāʕa, “this hour”). Compare the same contraction in South Levantine Arabic هسا, Classical Syriac ܗܵܫܵܐ (hāšā, “now”).

Compare a similar contraction found in other vernaculars: Hijazi Arabic لسة, Egyptian Arabic لسه.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhas.sa/

هَسَّة (hassa)

1. now, by now, just

   هسة أجي

   hassa ajī

   I'm coming now.

   جاي أتريگ هسة. وين الگهوة؟

   jāy atreyag hassa. wēn il-gahwa?

   I'm having breakfast now. Where's the coffee?

   (southern)

   لازم يكون هسة هنا

   lāzim ykūn hassa hnā

   He should have been here by now.

   الفيلم هسة بدا

   il-film hassa bidā

   The film just started.

• The alternative spelling هسه (with ـه instead of ـة) is commonly used in informal text, though the spelling with ة (“tāʾ marbūṭah”) is etymologically correct, as the word derives from ساعة (“hour”).