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كَأْس
glass (drinking cup) /ˈkaʔs/
nounA2#1031 most common
Also: cup, goblet, trophy
Example sentences
هَذِهِ كَأْسٌ.
This is a glass.
أُرِيدُ كَأْسَ ماءٍ، مِنْ فَضْلِكَ.
I want a glass of water, please.
شَرِبْتُ كَأْسًا مِنَ العَصِيرِ البارِدِ.
I drank a glass of cold juice.
فازَ الفَريقُ بِكَأْسِ العالَمِ هذا العامَ.
The team won the World Cup this year.
وَقَعَتْ كَأْسُ النَّبيذِ مِنْ يَدِها فَانْكَسَرَتْ.
The wine glass fell from her hand and broke.
رَفَعَ المُضيفُ كَأْسَهُ نَخْبًا لِصِحَّةِ الضُّيوفِ في خِتامِ الحَفْلِ.
The host raised his glass in a toast to the guests' health at the close of the party.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كَأْسٌ | كُؤُوسٌ |
| Genitive | كَأْسٍ | كُؤُوسٍ |
| Accusative | كَأْسًا | كُؤُوسًا |
| Vocative | يا كَأْسُ | يا كُؤُوسُ |
Word family
كُؤُوسcups, glasses (plural)
كوبcup, glass, mug
نخبa toast (raising a glass)
شرابdrink, beverage
بطولةchampionship (won with a cup)
Etymology
كَأْس is an old Semitic word for a drinking cup. It has clear cognates in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Akkadian, which points to a shared ancestral form rather than a late borrowing. Some scholars trace it to Akkadian kāsu. In modern Arabic it also names a sports trophy, as in كأس العالم, the World Cup.
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