All times in Arabic
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The time 07:59 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ الثَّامِنَةُ إِلَّا دَقِيقَةً وَاحِدَةً .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu ath-thaaminatu 'illaa daqiiqatan waaHidatan
This Arabic time expression literally means the 8th hour except 1 minute
Below, I go through the details of the time expression.
as-saa3atu = the clock
السّاعَةُ (pronounced as-saa3atu) means the clock
Learn how to write clock in Arabic
ath-thaaminatu = the 8th
الثَّامِنَةُ (pronounced ath-thaaminatu) means the 8th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 8th hour.
'illaa = except
The particle إِلَّا (pronounced 'illaa) means the except.
minute/minutes
دَقِيقَةً (pronounced daqiiqatan) means minute.
Learn the words for minute and minutes in Arabic
waaHidatan = 1
وَاحِدَةً (som uttalas waaHidatan) betyder 1.
It refers to the number of minutes (1) remaining until the next hour (the 8th).