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

Declension of כּוֹס
Number Isolated forms With possessive pronouns
State Form Person singular plural
m. f. m. f.
singular indefinite כּוֹס first כּוֹסִי‎ כּוֹסֵנוּ‎
definite הַכּוֹס‎ second כּוֹסְךָ‎ כּוֹסֵךְ‎ כּוֹסְכֶם‎ כּוֹסְכֶן‎
construct כּוֹס־ third כּוֹסוֹ‎ כּוֹסָהּ‎ כּוֹסָם‎ כּוֹסָן‎
plural indefinite כּוֹסוֹת‎ first כוסותיי \ כּוֹסוֹתַי‎ כּוֹסוֹתֵינוּ‎
definite הַכּוֹסוֹת‎ second כּוֹסוֹתֶיךָ‎ כוסותייך \ כּוֹסוֹתַיִךְ‎ כּוֹסוֹתֵיכֶם‎ כּוֹסוֹתֵיכֶן‎
construct כּוֹסוֹת־‎ third כּוֹסוֹתָיו‎ כּוֹסוֹתֶיהָ‎ כּוֹסוֹתֵיהֶם‎ כּוֹסוֹתֵיהֶן‎
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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