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السقرقع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This entry discusses a loanword, likely of Abyssinian origin, referring to a specific type of fermented beverage. It is described as a drink made from maize or barley and grains, popular in the Hejaz region.

Derived headwords

السَقَرْقَعnoun
  1. 1.
    Fermented drinkclassical

    A drink made from maize (ذرة) or barley and grains (شعير وحبوب), originating from Abyssinia (حبشية) and popular among the people of the Hejaz.

سَكَرْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Fermented drinkclassical

    The original Abyssinian term for a fermented beverage made from maize or barley and grains, which was Arabized into السقرقع.

Parallel reading

السقرقع، بقافين (الثانية مفتوحة) ، وهو تعريب السكركة، ساكنة الراء، وهو شراب يتخذ من الذرة، أو شراب لأهل الحجاز من الشعير والحبوب، حبشية، وقد لهجوا بها، وليس في الكلام خماسية مضمومة الأول مفتوحة العجز.
Al-saqarqa', with two qafs (the second is open), is an Arabization of al-sakarkah, with a silent ra', which is a drink made from maize, or a drink for the people of the Hejaz from barley and grains, Abyssinian, and they have become accustomed to it, and there is no word in the language with the first letter pronounced and the last vowel open.
وهو تعريب السكركة
It is an Arabization of al-sakarkah.
وهو شراب يتخذ من الذرة
It is a drink made from maize.
أو شراب لأهل الحجاز من الشعير والحبوب
Or a drink for the people of the Hejaz from barley and grains.
حبشية
Abyssinian.
وقد لهجوا بها
And they have become accustomed to it.
وليس في الكلام خماسية مضمومة الأول مفتوحة العجز.
And there is no word in the language with the first letter pronounced and the last vowel open.