Quranic root
كوب
k · w · b
The lexical center is كُوبٌ, a handleless cup or drinking vessel, with أَكْوَابٌ as its plural.
The packet supplies no abstract root principle beyond this concrete vessel term. Alongside the vessel noun and its Quranic plural, it records distinct derived and separately vocalized Classical Arabic branches.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
كُوبٌ
kūbun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 4 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A handleless drinking cup or vessel.
The Quranic form is the broken plural أَكْوَابٌ. The source descriptions of the Quranic vessel include one with neither handle nor spout.
- Lane · entry 28625
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Selected Quran examples
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 43:71وَأَكْوَابٍۢ ۖand cups
- 56:18بِأَكْوَابٍۢWith vessels
- 76:15وَأَكْوَابٍۢand cups
- 88:14وَأَكْوَابٌۭAnd cups
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 7 Classical meanings
كَابَ
To drink using a cup.
Form I verb; the construction describes drinking with a كُوبٍ.
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كَوَّبَ
To pound or bray something using a small stone, such as a فِهْر or كُوبَة.
Form II verb; the implementing stone is described as one that fills the hand.
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كَوَبٌ
Slenderness of the neck together with largeness of the head.
A bodily-description noun.
- Lane · entry 28626
كَوْبَةٌ
A sigh, grief, or regret over something that has passed or escaped.
A rare lexical item; its formation is tentatively related to كَأْبَةٌ.
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كُوبَةٌ
A game, identified in different reports as nard or chess.
The identification varies by report; the names نَرْد and شِطْرَنْج are recorded.
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كُوبَةٌ
A small drum slender in the middle; in one report, the name is applied to the barbat.
The barbat identification is attributed to some authorities.
- Lane · entry 28628
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كُوبَةٌ
A small stone that fills the hand.
Given as equivalent to a فِهْر.
- Lane · entry 28628
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The QAC group attests only the plural أَكْوَابٌ; the public form is normalized to the singular citation noun كُوبٌ.
The consonantal root record contains differently vocalized nouns with distinct meanings; these branches are kept separate from the Quranic vessel noun.