بيرة
See also: بیرە
ArabicEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- بِيرَا (bīrā)
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
بِيرَة • (bīra) f
DeclensionEdit
Declension of noun بِيرَة (bīra)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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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 alsoEdit
Egyptian ArabicEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian birra but also possibly from Greek μπίρα (bíra) or Ottoman Turkish bira.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
بيرة • (bīra) f (plural بيرات (birāt))
- 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.
- (obsolete) beer shop
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Spiro, Socrates, “بيرة”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, First edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, 1895
- Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said, A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1986