كوب
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Aramaic כובא (kūbā) / ܟܘܒܐ (kūbā), from Byzantine Greek κούπα (koúpa), from Ancient Greek κοῦπα (koûpa), from Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
كُوب • (kūb) m (plural أَكْوَاب (ʔakwāb))
- glass, cup
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:17-18:
- يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ
- yaṭūfu ʕalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladūna biʔakwābin waʔabārīqa wakaʔsin mmin mmaʕīnin
- There will circulate among them young boys made eternal, with beakers, pitchers and a glass of spring water.
Declension edit
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 ʔakwāb |
الْأَكْوَاب al-ʔakwāb |
أَكْوَاب ʔakwāb |
Nominative | أَكْوَابٌ ʔakwābun |
الْأَكْوَابُ al-ʔakwābu |
أَكْوَابُ ʔakwābu |
Accusative | أَكْوَابًا ʔakwāban |
الْأَكْوَابَ al-ʔakwāba |
أَكْوَابَ ʔakwāba |
Genitive | أَكْوَابٍ ʔakwābin |
الْأَكْوَابِ al-ʔakwābi |
أَكْوَابِ ʔakwābi |
Descendants edit
- Hijazi Arabic: كوب (kūb, kōb)
References edit
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[1] (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
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Noun edit
كُوب or كوب • (kūb or kōb) m (plural أَكْواب (ʔakwāb))