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Arabic
Pronunciation
Noun
كُوع • (kūʕ) m (plural أَكْوَاع (ʔakwāʕ) or كِيعَان (kīʕān)) (countable)
- (anatomy, of humans, sometimes proscribed) the joint connecting the lower arm and the upper arm, the elbow
- Synonym: مِرْفَق (mirfaq)
- (anatomy, of humans, sometimes prescriptive, now rare) the extremity of the radius that articulates with the scaphoid bone on the lateral (or radial) side of the hand at the wrist joint below the thumb, the distal end of the radial bone
- Coordinate term: (rare) كَاع (kāʕ, “the extremity of the ulna that joins with the radius and the carpus at the wrist joint, the distal end of the ulna”)
Declension
Declension of noun كُوع (kūʕ)
Singular
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basic singular triptote
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Indefinite
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Definite
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Construct
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Informal
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كُوع kūʕ
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الْكُوع al-kūʕ
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كُوع kūʕ
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Nominative
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كُوعٌ kūʕun
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الْكُوعُ al-kūʕu
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كُوعُ kūʕu
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Accusative
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كُوعًا kūʕan
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الْكُوعَ al-kūʕa
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كُوعَ kūʕa
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Genitive
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كُوعٍ kūʕin
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الْكُوعِ al-kūʕi
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كُوعِ kūʕi
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See also
References
- Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “كوع”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
- Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “كوع”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “كوع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Wehr, Hans (1960) “كوع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology 1
From Arabic كُوع (kūʕ).
Pronunciation
Noun
كوع • (kūʕ) m (plural كواع (kwāʕ))
- elbow
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
Verb
كوّع • (kawwaʕ) II (present بكوّع (bikawweʕ))
- to stop working, to break down
- Synonym: خرب (ḵirib)
- to fail (in school, etc.)
- Synonym: سقط (saʔaṭ)
Conjugation