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جِعَة
beer /ˈd͡ʒiʕa/
nounB1#2122 most common
Also: ale, barley beer
Example sentences
أُرِيدُ جِعَة.
I want a beer.
هَذِهِ جِعَة بَارِدَة.
This is a cold beer.
هَلْ تَشْرَبُ جِعَة؟
Do you drink beer?
طَلَبَ صَدِيقِي جِعَة مَعَ الطَّعَام.
My friend ordered a beer with the food.
لَا أُحِبُّ الجِعَة لِأَنَّ طَعْمَهَا مُرٌّ.
I do not like beer because its taste is bitter.
تُصْنَعُ الجِعَة مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ وَالمَاءِ مُنْذُ آلَافِ السِّنِينَ.
Beer has been made from barley and water for thousands of years.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جِعَةٌ | جِعَاتٌ |
| Genitive | جِعَةٍ | جِعَاتٍ |
| Accusative | جِعَةً | جِعَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا جِعَةُ | يَا جِعَاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
جِعَة is the classical Arabic word for beer, an old term for a fermented barley drink. It appears in early Arabic poetry and lexicons long before modern loanwords. In everyday speech many Arabic dialects now use the borrowed word بِيرَة instead.
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