بيرة

See also: بیرە

Arabic

Alternative forms

• بِيرَا (bīrā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian birra, possibly through Greek μπίρα (bíra) or Ottoman Turkish bira.

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

• جِعَة f (jiʕa)
• مِزْر m (mizr)

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

• بيره (bīra), بيرا (bīra)

Etymology

From Italian birra, possibly through 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

• بوظة (būẓa)
• جِعَة (giʕa)

Derived terms

• بير (báyyar)
• بيرارية (bírariyya)

References

• Spiro, Socrates (1895) “بيرة”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office
• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Italian birra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːr.ra/

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Noun

بيرة • (bīrra) f (plural بيرات (bīrrāt))

1. beer