כוס
Hebrew
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *kaʔs- (“cup”).
Noun
כּוֹס • (kos) f (plural indefinite כּוֹסוֹת, singular construct כּוֹס־, plural construct כּוֹסוֹת־)
- A cup, glass, tumbler.
Usage notes
- Like other words that start with ב, ג, ד, כ, פ, or ת, this term's initial letter takes a dagesh lene. In older texts, that dagesh is usually dropped when the word is preceded, in the same phrase, by a word ending in a mater lectionis; in modern texts, the dagesh is usually preserved even in such a case. Likewise, in older texts, the dagesh is always dropped when the word is prefixed by an indefinite ב־, כ־, or ל־, or by ו־; in modern speech, the dagesh is often preserved in such a case. (After the definite ב־, כ־, and ל־, and after the prefixes ה־, מ־, and ש־, there is a dagesh forte, as described in the usage notes for those prefixes.)
- This noun is feminine in the Bible, but is masculine in the Mishnah and in later writings, even to modern times. When Hebrew was revived as a spoken language, though, the word reverted to feminine, as in the Bible.
Declension
Declension of כּוֹס
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | כּוֹס | first | כּוֹסִי | כּוֹסֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַכּוֹס | second | כּוֹסְךָ | כּוֹסֵךְ | כּוֹסְכֶם | כּוֹסְכֶן | |
construct | כּוֹס־ | third | כּוֹסוֹ | כּוֹסָהּ | כּוֹסָם | כּוֹסָן | |
plural | indefinite | כּוֹסוֹת | first | כוסותיי / כּוֹסוֹתַי | כּוֹסוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַכּוֹסוֹת | second | כּוֹסוֹתֶיךָ | כוסותייך / כּוֹסוֹתַיִךְ | כּוֹסוֹתֵיכֶם | כּוֹסוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | כּוֹסוֹת־ | third | כּוֹסוֹתָיו | כּוֹסוֹתֶיהָ | כּוֹסוֹתָם | כּוֹסוֹתָן |
Derived terms
- כּוֹסִית (kosít)
See also
- גביע (gavía')
- ספל (séfel)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Semitic *kôs (“owl”), which has been cited as a possible source for the name of the Greek island Κῶς (Kôs).[1]
Noun
כּוֹס • (kos) m
- little owl (species of owl)
Etymology 3
From Arabic كُس (kus), from Persian کس (kos, “cunt”).
Noun
כּוּס • (kus) m
- (vulgar slang) A pussy (vagina).
Derived terms
- כּוּסִית (kúsit)
References
- Bernal, M. (2020). Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilation Volume III: The Linguistic Evidence. United States: Rutgers University Press.
- H3563 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible