كباية

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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 (kubbāyaf (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

Root
ك ب ب
1 term

Noun

كبّاية (kubbāyaf (plural كبّايات (kubbāyāt))

  1. glass, tumbler (drinking vessel)

See also

  • قزاز (ʔizāz, glass (material))

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

Noun

كبّاية (kubbāyef (plural كبّايات (kubbāyāt))

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

See also

  • قزاز (ʔazāz, glass (material))