How to say "second (of time)" in Arabic
CognateMeaningsecond (of time)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ثَانِيَة
thāniyaת'אניה
ثانية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שנייה
shniyaشْنِيَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ث-ن-يHebrew root
ש-נ-יHebrew שנייה and Arabic thāniya are both literally 'the second one', from the shared root for 'two' — ث regularly becomes Hebrew ש (think thalāth ↔ שלוש).
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
ثَانْيِة
sānyeסאניהIn learned words ث shifts to s in the dialect (not t): sānye.
In a phrase
ثَانِيَة وَاحِدَة
thāniya wāḥidaת'אניה ואחדהjust a second!