How to say "irrigation, watering" in Arabic
CognateMeaningirrigation, watering
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سَقْي
saqyסקי
سقي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
השקיה
hashkayaهَاشْكَايَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
س-ق-يHebrew root
ש-ק-הArabic saqā and Hebrew שקה (as in Genesis's 'to water the flock') are the same weak root, with Arabic's final ي answering Hebrew's final ה — the regular correspondence for this whole class of defective verbs. Same root, same bucket of water.
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In a phrase
سَقْي النَّبَاتَات
saqy an-nabātātסקי א-נבאתאתwatering the plants