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 (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.
 
 
 
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Declension
    
Declension of noun كُوب (kūb)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
    
- 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
    

كوب
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈkoːb/, /ˈkuːb/
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