بيرة

See also: بیرە‎

Arabic

Alternative forms
  • بِيرَا‎ (bīrā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian birra.

Noun

بِيرَة • (bīra) f

  1. beer

Declension
Declension of noun بِيرَة (bīra)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بِيرَة
bīra		 الْبِيرَة‎
al-bīra		 بِيرَة
bīrat
Nominative بِيرَةٌ
bīratun		 الْبِيرَةُ‎
al-bīratu		 بِيرَةُ
bīratu
Accusative بِيرَةً
bīratan		 الْبِيرَةَ‎
al-bīrata		 بِيرَةَ
bīrata
Genitive بِيرَةٍ
bīratin		 الْبِيرَةِ‎
al-bīrati		 بِيرَةِ
bīrati

See also

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms
  • بيره‎ (bīra), بيرا‎ (bīra)

Etymology

From Italian birra but also possibly from Greek μπίρα (bíra) or Ottoman Turkish bira.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [biːɾa]

Noun

بيرة • (bīra) f (plural بيرات‎ (birāt))

  1. beer
    ‏ياما حلا البيرة فى عز الحار‎
    yā máḥla l-bīra fi ʿizz il-ḥarr.
    How nice it is to have beer when it is really hot.
  2. (obsolete) beer shop

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • بير‎ (báyyar)
  • بيرارية‎ (bírariyya)

References
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895), “بيرة”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, First edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Beirut: Librairie du Liban
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