كباية

كباية

Arabic

Etymology

A variant of كُوب‎ (kūb) introduced from the dialects of the Levant and Egypt; hardly a separate Aramaic borrowing, exposing the emphatic state.

Noun

كُبَّايَة • (kubbāya) f (plural كُبَّايَات‎ (kubbāyāt))

1. glass, tumbler

Declension

Declension of noun كُبَّايَة (kubbāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُبَّايَة kubbāya	الْكُبَّايَة‎ al-kubbāya	كُبَّايَة kubbāyat
Nominative	كُبَّايَةٌ kubbāyatun	الْكُبَّايَةُ‎ al-kubbāyatu	كُبَّايَةُ kubbāyatu
Accusative	كُبَّايَةً kubbāyatan	الْكُبَّايَةَ‎ al-kubbāyata	كُبَّايَةَ kubbāyata
Genitive	كُبَّايَةٍ kubbāyatin	الْكُبَّايَةِ‎ al-kubbāyati	كُبَّايَةِ kubbāyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُبَّايَتَيْن‎ kubbāyatayn	الْكُبَّايَتَيْن‎ al-kubbāyatayn	كُبَّايَتَيْ‎ kubbāyatay
Nominative	كُبَّايَتَانِ‎ kubbāyatāni	الْكُبَّايَتَانِ‎ al-kubbāyatāni	كُبَّايَتَا‎ kubbāyatā
Accusative	كُبَّايَتَيْنِ‎ kubbāyatayni	الْكُبَّايَتَيْنِ‎ al-kubbāyatayni	كُبَّايَتَيْ‎ kubbāyatay
Genitive	كُبَّايَتَيْنِ‎ kubbāyatayni	الْكُبَّايَتَيْنِ‎ al-kubbāyatayni	كُبَّايَتَيْ‎ kubbāyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُبَّايَات‎ kubbāyāt	الْكُبَّايَات‎ al-kubbāyāt	كُبَّايَات‎ kubbāyāt
Nominative	كُبَّايَاتٌ‎ kubbāyātun	الْكُبَّايَاتُ‎ al-kubbāyātu	كُبَّايَاتُ‎ kubbāyātu
Accusative	كُبَّايَاتٍ‎ kubbāyātin	الْكُبَّايَاتِ‎ al-kubbāyāti	كُبَّايَاتِ‎ kubbāyāti
Genitive	كُبَّايَاتٍ‎ kubbāyātin	الْكُبَّايَاتِ‎ al-kubbāyāti	كُبَّايَاتِ‎ kubbāyāti

References

• Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), “كباية”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “كباية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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Egyptian Arabic

Noun

كبّاية • (kubbāya) f (plural كبّايات‎ (kubbāyāt))

1. glass, tumbler (drinking vessel)

See also

• قزاز‎ (ʔizāz, “glass (material)”)

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South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• كباي‎ (kubbāy)

Noun

كبّاية • (kubbāye) f (plural كبّايات‎ (kubbāyāt))

1. glass, tumbler (drinking vessel)

   ‏كباية مي‎‎ ― kubbāyet mayy ― a glass of water

   Synonyms: كاسة‎ (kāse), (for alcohol) كاس‎ (kās), قدح‎ (ʾadaḥ)

See also

• قزاز‎ (ʾazāz, “glass (material)”)