sabaia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Illyrian, probably originally from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”), whence German Saft, English sap, and Sanskrit सबर् (sabar).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /saˈbai̯.i̯a/, [s̠äˈbäi̯ːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /saˈba.ja/, [säˈbäːjä]
Noun
sabaia f sg (genitive sabaiae); first declension
- A kind of Illyrian beer, made out of barley or wheat.
- Est autem sabaia ex ordeo vel frumento in liquorem conversus paupertinus in Illyrico potus.[2]
- Sabaia is a wretched drink made in Illyria out of barley or wheat.
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | sabaia |
| Genitive | sabaiae |
| Dative | sabaiae |
| Accusative | sabaiam |
| Ablative | sabaiā |
| Vocative | sabaia |
Derived terms
- sabaiārius (“beer-drinker; drinker of sabaia”)[2]
References
- ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 465
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ammianus Marcellinus, Book 26, 8.2
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