كوب
Arabic
Etymology
From Aramaic כובא (kūbā) / ܟܘܒܐ (kūbā), from Byzantine Greek κούπα (koúpa), from Ancient Greek κοῦπα (koûpa), from Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuːb/
Noun
كُوب • (kūb) m (plural أَكْوَاب (ʾakwāb))
- glass, cup
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:17-18:
- يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ
- yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladūna biʾakwābin waʾabārīqa wakaʾsin mmin mmaʿīnin
- There will circulate among them young boys made eternal, with beakers, pitchers and a glass of spring water.
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Declension
Declension of noun كُوب (kūb)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كُوب kūb | الْكُوب al-kūb | كُوب kūb |
Nominative | كُوبٌ kūbun | الْكُوبُ al-kūbu | كُوبُ kūbu |
Accusative | كُوبًا kūban | الْكُوبَ al-kūba | كُوبَ kūba |
Genitive | كُوبٍ kūbin | الْكُوبِ al-kūbi | كُوبِ kūbi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | كُوبَيْن kūbayn | الْكُوبَيْن al-kūbayn | كُوبَيْ kūbay |
Nominative | كُوبَانِ kūbāni | الْكُوبَانِ al-kūbāni | كُوبَا kūbā |
Accusative | كُوبَيْنِ kūbayni | الْكُوبَيْنِ al-kūbayni | كُوبَيْ kūbay |
Genitive | كُوبَيْنِ kūbayni | الْكُوبَيْنِ al-kūbayni | كُوبَيْ kūbay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَكْوَاب ʾakwāb | الْأَكْوَاب al-ʾakwāb | أَكْوَاب ʾakwāb |
Nominative | أَكْوَابٌ ʾakwābun | الْأَكْوَابُ al-ʾakwābu | أَكْوَابُ ʾakwābu |
Accusative | أَكْوَابًا ʾakwāban | الْأَكْوَابَ al-ʾakwāba | أَكْوَابَ ʾakwāba |
Genitive | أَكْوَابٍ ʾakwābin | الْأَكْوَابِ al-ʾakwābi | أَكْوَابِ ʾakwābi |
Descendants
- Hijazi Arabic: كوب (kūb, kōb)
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 252
Hijazi Arabic
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كوب
Etymology
From Arabic كُوب (kūb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoːb/, /ˈkuːb/
Noun
كوب • (kōb or kūb) m (plural أَكْواب (ʾakwāb))
- cup
- mug
See also
- كَاسة (kāsa, “cup, glass”) (drinking vessel)