كَأْس cup in Arabic
كَأْس is how you say “cup” in Arabic.
Root ك أ س k-ʾ-s. noun (feminine). kaʾs.
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Meaning of cup in Arabic
- a drinking-cup some hold that a cup is only called كَأْس while it contains wine; empty, it is called قَدَح instead
- a cup of wine; a cup full of wine
- wine itself an extension from the vessel to its contents
- (figurative) a bitter draught — of abasement, separation, death, or love e.g. سَقَاهُ كَأْسًا مِنَ المَوْتِ, 'he gave him to drink a cup of death'
Example sentence
لا تجزع من كأس زلل كانت سبب كيسك،
Do not despair from a cup of slip that was the cause of your prudence.
كَأْسِ cup
kas means 'a cup'; heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word ('a cup of…'); the noun after 'min'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
كَأْس is grammatically feminine. Beyond the literal cup, it is used tropically for any hateful or painful experience one is made to 'drink,' as in سَقَاهُ الكَأْسَ الأَمَرَّ, 'he gave him to drink the most bitter cup,' meaning death.
Words from the same root
- كَاسٌ variant form of كَأْس with the hamza dropped; same meaning, cup
- أَكْؤُسٌ plural of paucity: (a few) cups
- كُؤُوسٌ plural: cups
- كِئَاسٌ plural: cups
- كَاسَاتٌ plural of the variant كَاسٌ: cups
Common questions
- How do you say "cup" in Arabic?
- كَأْس (kaʾs) — a drinking-cup, especially one holding wine.
- Does كأس only mean a physical cup?
- No — it can also stand for wine itself, and figuratively for a bitter experience one is made to endure, such as death or separation.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).