sabaia
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Illyrian. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste; juice”), whence Proto-West Germanic *sap (“juice, sap”), and Sanskrit सबर् (sabar, “juice, nectar”).[1][2]
Noun edit
sabaia f sg (genitive *sabaiae); first declension
- A kind of Illyrian beer, made out of barley or wheat.
- c. 390 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 26.8.2:
- Est autem sabaia ex ordeo vel frumento in liquorem conversus paupertinus in Illyrico potus.
- Sabaia is a wretched drink made in Illyria out of barley or wheat.
- Est autem sabaia ex ordeo vel frumento in liquorem conversus paupertinus in Illyrico potus.
- [(Can we date this quote?) Hieronymus, commentary to Isaias 7.19:
- quod genus est potionis ex frugibus aquaque confectum ei vulgo in Dalmatiae Pannoniaeque provinciis gentili barbaroque sermone appellatur sabaium
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)]
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | sabaia |
| Genitive | *sabaiae |
| Dative | *sabaiae |
| Accusative | *sabaiam |
| Ablative | *sabaiā |
| Vocative | *sabaia |
Derived terms edit
- sabaiārius (“beer-drinker; drinker of sabaia”)
References edit
- ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 465
- ^ Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 171