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)”)