كءس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a cup, especially one containing wine, and by extension, the wine itself. It extends metaphorically to represent a portion of hardship, suffering, or death that one must endure.

Derived headwords

الكأسnoun

1.
cupboth
A drinking vessel, particularly one made of glass, as long as it contains wine.
2.
wineboth
The wine itself, or a drink made from grapes.
3.
glassclassical
A glass vessel, specifically when it contains wine.
4.
portion of hardshipclassical
Metaphorically, a share or experience of suffering, death, or other misfortune.

بكأس من معين بيضاء — with a cup of pure water, white

للموت كأس — Death is a cup

سقته بكأس الموت — she made it drink from the cup of death

سقيناه كأس الموت — We made him drink the cup of death

سقينه بكؤوس الموت — We made them drink from the cups of death

خضر الكئاس — moist cups

كأسnoun

1.
cupboth
A drinking vessel, especially one containing wine.
2.
wineboth
The wine itself.

أكؤسnoun

1.
cupsboth
Plural of كأس (kā's), referring to drinking vessels.

كؤوسnoun

1.
cupsboth
Plural of كأس (kā's), referring to drinking vessels.

كئاسnoun

1.
cupsboth
Plural of كأس (kā's), referring to drinking vessels.

خضل الكئاس — moist cups

كياسnoun

1.
cupsclassical
A plural form of كأس (kā's), possibly a phonetic variation or a different derivation.

كاصverb

1.
to eat and drink excessivelyclassical
To consume a large amount of food and drink.

كاص فلان من الطعام والشراب — So-and-so ate and drank excessively of the food and drink.

كأصadjective

1.
patient, enduringclassical
Describing someone who is patient and remains steadfast in their actions, such as eating or drinking.

وجدت فلانا كأصا — I found so-and-so to be patient and enduring.

Parallel reading

هي الكأس والفأس والرأس مهموزات، وهو رابط الجأش.

The kā's (cup), fa's (axe), and ra's (head) are hamzated, and he is steadfast of heart.

والكأس مؤنثة، قال الله تعالى: بكأس من معين بيضاء ؛

And the cup is feminine, and God Almighty said: with a cup of pure water, white;

ما رغبة النفس في الحياة، وإن ... تحيا قليلا، فالموت لاحقها

What is the soul's desire for life, even if... it lives a little, death will follow it

يوشك من فر من منيته، ... في بعض غراته يوافقها

He who flees from his death may soon, ... in some of his heedlessness, encounter it.

من لم يمت عبطة يمت هرما، ... للموت كأس، والمرء ذائقها

He who does not die young will die old, ... death is a cup, and every person will taste it.

والكأس: الزجاجة ما دام فيها شراب.

And the cup: is the glass vessel as long as it contains drink.

وقال أبو حاتم: الكأس الشراب بعينه وهو قول الأصمعي،

And Abu Hatim said: The cup is the drink itself, and this is the opinion of Al-Asma'i,

وقد أراهم سقوا بكأس حلاق

And I see them having been given to drink from the cup of doom.

حتى سقته بكأس الموت فانجدلا

Until it made it drink from the cup of death, and it fell down.

بكأس الموت، ساعة مصطلاها

with the cup of death, at the hour of its burning.

سقيناه كأس الموت حتى تضلعا

We made him drink the cup of death until he was satiated.

سقينه بكؤوس الموت أفواقا

We made them drink from the cups of death in droves.

يطاف عليهم بكأس من معين بيضاء لذة للشاربين ؛

They will be passed around with a cup from a flowing spring, white, a delight for those who drink.

وكأس كعين الديك باكرت نحوها

And a cup like the eye of a rooster, I approached it early

كأس عزيز من الأعناب عتقها،

A precious cup of aged grapes,

والكأس أيضا: الإناء إذا كان فيه خمر،

And the cup also: is the vessel if it contains wine,

لا تسمى الكأس كأسا إلا وفيها الشراب،

The cup is not called a cup unless there is drink in it,

والجمع من كل ذلك أكؤس وكؤوس وكئاس؛

And the plural of all of that is ak'us, ku'us, and ki'as;

خضر الكئاس، إذا تثنى لم تكن

Moist cups, when it bends, it is not

ويستعار الكأس في جميع ضروب المكاره، كقولهم: سقاه كأسا من الذل، وكأسا من الحب والفرقة والموت،

And the cup is used metaphorically for all kinds of hardships, as they say: He gave him a cup of humiliation, and a cup of love, separation, and death,

كاص فلان من الطعام والشراب إذا أكثر منه.

So-and-so ate and drank excessively of the food and drink if he consumed a lot of it.

وجدت فلانا كأصا بزنة كعصا أي صبورا باقيا على شربه وأكله.

I found so-and-so to be patient and enduring, remaining steadfast in his eating and drinking.