جعة

A connection to the root و ج ع (w j ʕ) (related to aches), is unlikely, as it does not conform well semantically—though theoretically alcohol causes headaches, this cannot well be imagined to be the motive. In the Qāmūs, it is listed under the root formula ج ع و (j ʕ w)—under which other dictionaries also list an obscure جَعَا (jaʕā, “to collect in a heap, e.g. dung”) and an unknown colour term جُعْوَة (juʕwa, “bay colour of a horse’s fur; rough and dark ground”)—, and defined as a نَبِيذ (nabīḏ