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

References

  • Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), كباية”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), كباية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

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

  1. glass, tumbler (drinking vessel)

See also

  • قزاز (ʔizāz, glass (material))

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. glass, tumbler (drinking vessel)
    كباية ميkubbāyet mayya glass of water
    Synonyms: كاسة (kāse), (for alcohol) كاس (kās), قدح (ʔadaḥ)

See also

  • قزاز (ʔazāz, glass (material))
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