LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

sabaia

sabaia f sg (genitive *sabaiae)

Meaning

  1. femininesingularA kind of Illyrian beer, made out of barley or wheat.
    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.380 CE – 392 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 26.8.2
    [ Hieronymus, commentary to Isaias 7.19

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesabaia—
genitivesabaiae—
dativesabaiae—
accusativesabaiam—
ablativesabaiā—
vocativesabaia—

sabaia, ae, f.,
I. a drink of the poor people in Illyria, prepared from barley, Amm. 26, 8, 2; Hier. in Isa. 6, 19.

Origins

Illyrian. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste; juice”), whence Proto-West Germanic *sap (“juice, sap”), and Sanskrit सबर् (sabar, “juice, nectar”).

Quick answers

What does sabaia mean in Latin?
sabaia, a noun, means “A kind of Illyrian beer, made out of barley or wheat.”.
What is the genitive of sabaia?
The genitive singular is *sabaiae. sabaia is feminine, first declension.