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^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ك ب ب
1 term

Noun

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

1. glass, tumbler (drinking vessel)

See also

• قزاز (ʔizāz, “glass (material)”)

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• كباي (kubbāy)

Noun

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

1. glass, tumbler (drinking vessel)

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

   كباية مي ― kubbāyet mayy ― a glass of water

See also

• قزاز (ʔazāz, “glass (material)”)