English → Arabic
capacity in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- saʿah
- Arabizi
sa3a- Type
- noun · feminine
- Plural
- سِعَاتٌ siʿāt
- Root
- س ع ة
How to use it
سَعَةٌ means the amount something can hold or the ability to do something. It is a feminine noun; use it with the definite article al‑ when specific (السعة). Often paired with numbers or verbs like يَسْتَطِيعُ (can).
Example sentences
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سَعَةُ الغُرْفَةِ عَشْرَةُ أَشْخَاصٍ.
saʿatu al-ghurfati ʿashara ʾashkhāṣin.
The room's capacity is ten people.
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تَحْتَاجُ الشَّرِكَةُ إِلَى سَعَةٍ أَكْبَرَ لِلتَّخْزِينِ.
taḥtāju al-sharikatu ilā saʿatin akbara lit‑takhzīni.
The company needs a larger capacity for storage.
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سَعَةُ البَطّارِيَّةِ فِي هَذَا الجِهَازِ مِئَةٌ مِيلِئِ مِلِلي لِترَةٍ.
saʿatu al-baṭṭāriyyati fī hādhā al‑jihāzi miʾatu milʾi milīlīna.
The battery capacity of this device is 100 mAh.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Legal capacity
الأهلية القانونية
Current capacity
رابعا- القدرة الحالية
Capacity-building
بنــاء القـدرات
V. Capacity-building
خامسا - بناء القدرات
II. Capacity-building
ثانيا - بناء القدرات
(e) Capacity-building.
(ﻫ) بناء القدرات.
Community capacity-building
2- بناء القدرات المجتمعية
Enhancing capacity-building
زيادة بناء القدرات
Capacity-assistance network
رابعاً - شبكة مساعدات بناء القدرات
China’s Excess-Capacity Nightmare
الصين وكابوس القدرة الفائضة
· Institutional capacity building.
دعم القدرات المؤسسية؛
Develop capacity building, including horizontal as well as vertical capacity building.
تطوير بناء القدرات، بما فيه بناء القدرات الأفقي والرأسي.
Questions and answers
Can سَعَةٌ be used for abstract abilities?
Yes, you can say سَعَةُ الفَهْمِ لِمفهومٍ ما meaning ‘the capacity to understand something.’
What is the plural of سَعَةٌ?
The regular plural is سِعَاتٌ (siʿāt).
Related words and expressions
- capacity allocation تخصيص قدرة
- capacity building بناء القدرات
- capacity constraints القيود المفروضة على القدرات
- capacity control القدرة على السيطرة
- capacity development تنمية القدرات
- capacity expansion توسعة السعة
- capacity factor مؤشر القدره
- capacity for القدرة على
- capacity increase زيادة السعة
- capacity level مستوى القدرة
- capacity limit الحد قدرة
- capacity load الحمولة
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