كوع

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːʕ/

Noun

كُوع • (kūʕ) m (plural أَكْوَاع (ʔakwāʕ) or كِيعَان (kīʕān)) (countable)

1. (anatomy, of humans, sometimes proscribed) the joint connecting the lower arm and the upper arm, the elbow

   Synonym: مِرْفَق (mirfaq)

2. (anatomy, of humans, sometimes prescribed, now rare) the extremity of the radius that articulates with the scaphoid bone on the lateral (or radial) side of the hand at the wrist joint below the thumb, the distal end of the radial bone

   Coordinate term: (rare) كَاع (kāʕ, “the extremity of the ulna that joins with the radius and the carpus at the wrist joint, the distal end of the ulna”)

Declension

Declension of noun كُوع (kūʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُوع kūʕ	الْكُوع al-kūʕ	كُوع kūʕ
Nominative	كُوعٌ kūʕun	الْكُوعُ al-kūʕu	كُوعُ kūʕu
Accusative	كُوعًا kūʕan	الْكُوعَ al-kūʕa	كُوعَ kūʕa
Genitive	كُوعٍ kūʕin	الْكُوعِ al-kūʕi	كُوعِ kūʕi

See also

• زَنْد m (zand)

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “كوع”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “كوع”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “كوع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “كوع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك و ع
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic كُوع (kūʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːʕ/, [kuːʕ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

كوع • (kūʕ) m (plural كواع (kwāʕ))

1. elbow

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaw.waʕ/, [ˈkaw.waʕ]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Verb

كوّع • (kawwaʕ) II (present بكوّع (bikawweʕ))

1. to stop working, to break down

   Synonym: خرب (ḵirib)

2. to fail (in school, etc.)

   Synonym: سقط (saʔaṭ)

Conjugation

Conjugation of كوّع (kawwaʕ)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	كوّعت (kawwaʕt)	كوّعت (kawwaʕt)	كوّع (kawwaʕ)		كوّعنا (kawwaʕna)	كوّعتو (kawwaʕtu)	كوّعو (kawwaʕu)
	f		كوّعتي (kawwaʕti)	كوّعت (kawwaʕat)
present	m	بكوّع (bakawweʕ)	بتكوّع (bitkawweʕ)	بكوّع (bikawweʕ)		منكوّع (minkawweʕ)	بتكوّعو (bitkawwʕu)	بكوّعو (bikawwʕu)
	f		بتكوّعي (bitkawwʕi)	بتكوّع (bitkawweʕ)
subjunctive	m	اكوّع (akawweʕ)	تكوّع (tkawweʕ)	يكوّع (ykawweʕ)		نكوّع (nkawweʕ)	تكوّعو (tkawwʕu)	يكوّعو (ykawwʕu)
	f		تكوّعي (tkawwʕi)	تكوّع (tkawweʕ)
imperative	m		كوّع (kawweʕ)				كوّعو (kawwʕu)
	f		كوّعي (kawwʕi)