جعة

Arabic

Etymology

A connection to the root و ج ع (w-j-ʕ) (related to aches), is unlikely, as it does not conform well semantically—though theoretically alcohol causes headaches, this cannot well be imagined to be the motive. In the Qāmūs, it is listed under the root formula ج ع و (j-ʕ-w)—under which other dictionaries also list an obscure جَعَا (jaʕā, “to collect in a heap, e.g. dung”) and an unknown colour term جُعْوَة (juʕwa, “bay colour of a horse’s fur; rough and dark ground”)—, and defined as a نَبِيذ (nabīḏ, “wine”) made of barley. Given the late date of unambiguous attestation, it may well be a borrowing from Hausa gíyā̀ (“beer, a cold brew of barley”), famed as an indigenous beverage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ʕa/

Noun

جِعَة • (jiʕa) f (plural جِعَات (jiʕāt))

1. beer

Declension

Declension of noun جِعَة (jiʕa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِعَة jiʕa	الْجِعَة al-jiʕa	جِعَة jiʕat
Nominative	جِعَةٌ jiʕatun	الْجِعَةُ al-jiʕatu	جِعَةُ jiʕatu
Accusative	جِعَةً jiʕatan	الْجِعَةَ al-jiʕata	جِعَةَ jiʕata
Genitive	جِعَةٍ jiʕatin	الْجِعَةِ al-jiʕati	جِعَةِ jiʕati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِعَتَيْن jiʕatayn	الْجِعَتَيْن al-jiʕatayn	جِعَتَيْ jiʕatay
Nominative	جِعَتَانِ jiʕatāni	الْجِعَتَانِ al-jiʕatāni	جِعَتَا jiʕatā
Accusative	جِعَتَيْنِ jiʕatayni	الْجِعَتَيْنِ al-jiʕatayni	جِعَتَيْ jiʕatay
Genitive	جِعَتَيْنِ jiʕatayni	الْجِعَتَيْنِ al-jiʕatayni	جِعَتَيْ jiʕatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِعَات jiʕāt	الْجِعَات al-jiʕāt	جِعَات jiʕāt
Nominative	جِعَاتٌ jiʕātun	الْجِعَاتُ al-jiʕātu	جِعَاتُ jiʕātu
Accusative	جِعَاتٍ jiʕātin	الْجِعَاتِ al-jiʕāti	جِعَاتِ jiʕāti
Genitive	جِعَاتٍ jiʕātin	الْجِعَاتِ al-jiʕāti	جِعَاتِ jiʕāti

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “جعة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 285b
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “جعة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 440a
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “جعة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 302a
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “جعة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[4] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1492b
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “جعة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 150
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جعة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 186