כוס

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
כ־ו־ס (k-w-s)

From Proto-Semitic *kaʔs- (“cup”).

Noun

כּוֹס • (kos) f (plural indefinite כּוֹסוֹת, singular construct כּוֹס־, plural construct כּוֹסוֹת־)

  1. A cup, glass, tumbler.
Usage notes
  • Like other words that start with ב,‎ ג,‎ ד,‎ כ,‎ פ,‎ or ת, this term's initial letter takes a dagesh lene. In older texts, that dagesh is usually dropped when the word is preceded, in the same phrase, by a word ending in a mater lectionis; in modern texts, the dagesh is usually preserved even in such a case. Likewise, in older texts, the dagesh is always dropped when the word is prefixed by an indefinite ב־‏,‎ כ־‏,‎ or ל־‏, or by ו־‏; in modern speech, the dagesh is often preserved in such a case. (After the definite ב־‏,‎ כ־‏,‎ and ל־‏, and after the prefixes ה־‏,‎ מ־‏,‎ and ש־‏, there is a dagesh forte, as described in the usage notes for those prefixes.)
  • This noun is feminine in the Bible, but is masculine in the Mishnah and in later writings, even to modern times. When Hebrew was revived as a spoken language, though, the word reverted to feminine, as in the Bible.
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Etymology 2

Root
כ־ו־ס (k-w-s)

From Proto-Semitic *kôs (“owl”), which has been cited as a possible source for the name of the Greek island Κῶς (Kôs).

Noun

כּוֹס • (kos) m

  1. little owl (species of owl)

Etymology 3

From Arabic كُس (kus), from Persian کس (kos, “cunt”).

Noun

כּוּס • (kus) m

  1. (vulgar slang) A pussy (vagina).
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References

  1. ^ Bernal, M. (2020). Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilation Volume III: The Linguistic Evidence. United States: Rutgers University Press.

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