כוס

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From West Proto-Semitic *kaʾs- (cup), by way of the Canaanite shift. See also Arabic كَأْس (kaʾs).

Noun

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

  1. A cup, glass, tumbler.

Declension

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 reinvented as a spoken language, though, the word reverted to feminine, as in the Bible.

Derived terms

כּוֹסִית (kosít)

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

כּוֹס (kos) m

  1. little owl (species of owl)

Etymology 3

From Arabic كُسّ (kuss), from Persian کس (kos, cunt).

Noun

כּוּס (kus) m

  1. (vulgar, taboo slang) A pussy (vagina).

Derived terms

כּוּסִית (kúsit)

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