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Certain: The standard etymology in the RAE dictionary and in Corriente; no serious doubt.Water & irrigation · Common

acequia

irrigation channelcanal por donde se conduce el agua para regar

Comes from Arabic

السَّاقِيَة

as-sāqiya

“the one that gives water to drink; the irrigation channel”«la que da de beber, el canal de riego»

In Andalusi Arabic: السَّاقْيَة as-saqya

Arabic today says

سَاقِيَة

sāqiya

And it still does

Root

س ق ي

s-q-y

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

From saqā, "to give to drink, to water". The irrigation channels of Valencia and Granada are still in use, and Valencia's Water Tribunal has governed them for centuries.De saqā, «dar de beber, regar». Las acequias de Valencia y Granada siguen en uso, y el Tribunal de las Aguas valenciano las gobierna desde hace siglos.

In a sentence

El agua de la acequia riega todo el huerto.

Water from the irrigation channel waters the whole garden.

مَاءُ السَّاقِيَةِ يَسْقِي البُسْتَانَ كُلَّه.

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