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كوب

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns vessels for drinking, specifically cups or goblets without handles. It also extends to terms for a short, stout neck, a large head, and various musical instruments or games, as well as a type of stone.

Derived headwords

الكوبnoun
  1. 1.
    cup, gobletboth

    A drinking vessel, specifically a goblet without a handle. It is described as round-headed and lacking a spout or ear.

أكوابnoun
  1. 1.
    cups, gobletsboth

    The plural of 'kūb', referring to multiple drinking vessels.

كابverb
  1. 1.
    to drink from a cupclassical

    To drink using a cup.

يكوبverb
  1. 1.
    to drink from a cupclassical

    To drink using a cup.

كاكتابverb
  1. 1.
    to drink from a cupclassical

    To drink using a cup.

كازverb
  1. 1.
    to drink from a cupclassical

    To drink using a cup.

يكوزverb
  1. 1.
    to drink from a cupclassical

    To drink using a cup.

اكتازverb
  1. 1.
    to drink from a cupclassical

    To drink using a cup.

الكوبnoun
  1. 1.
    short neckclassical

    A short and stout neck.

  2. 2.
    large headclassical

    A large or round head.

الكوبةnoun
  1. 1.
    regretclassical

    A feeling of regret or sorrow over something that has been missed or lost.

  2. 2.
    backgammonclassical

    A game played with dice, possibly backgammon or a similar board game.

  3. 3.
    small luteclassical

    A small, waisted drum or lute.

  4. 4.
    small stoneclassical

    A small stone, about the size of a palmful.

  5. 5.
    oudclassical

    A type of lute or stringed instrument.

التكويبnoun
  1. 1.
    crushing with a stoneclassical

    The act of crushing something with a stone, like a pestle.

كابةname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name in the lands of Banu Tamim, or a water source beyond Nabaj of Banu 'Amir.

كوبانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name in Merv, possibly a Persian loanword from 'Jūbān'.

كوبانانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name in Isfahan.

كوبنانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A well-known town or region.

Parallel reading

متكئا تصفق أبوابه يسعى عليه العبد بالكوب
Leaning back, its doors being fanned, the slave runs to him with the cup.
وأكواب موضوعة
and cups placed.
يطاف عليهم بصحاف من ذهب وأكواب
They are passed around to them with platters of gold and cups.
يصب أكوابا على أكواب تدفقت من مائها الجوابي
He pours cups upon cups, flowing from its water the large cisterns.
عنه أيضا: والكوب، محركة: دقة العنق، وعظم الرأس
Also from him: And 'al-kūb', with vowel movement: a short neck, and a large head.
والكوبة: الحسرة على ما فات
And 'al-kūbah': regret over what has passed.
إن الله حرم الخمر والكوبة
Indeed, Allah has forbidden wine and 'al-kūbah'.
أما! الكوبة (بالضم) ، فإن محمد بن كثير أخبرني أن الكوبة (النرد) في كلام أهل اليمن.
As for 'al-kūbah' (with dammah), Muhammad ibn Kathir informed me that 'al-kūbah' (is dice) in the speech of the people of Yemen.
الكوبة:الطبل الصغير المخصر
'Al-kūbah': the small, waisted drum.
الكوبة:الفهر
'Al-kūbah': the stone.
هو البربط
It is the lute.
أمرنا بكسر الكوبة، والكنارة والشياع
We were commanded to break the lute, the lyre, and the stringed instrument.
والتكويب: دق الشيء بالفهر
And 'al-takwīb': crushing something with a stone.