Hebrew

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

• גביע ‎(gavía')
• ספל ‎(séfel)
• קאפ ‎(kap)

Etymology 2

Noun

כּוֹס • ‎(kos) m

1. little owl (species of owl)

Etymology 3

From Arabic كُسّ ‎(kuss), from Persian کس ‎(kos, “****”).

Noun

כּוּס • ‎(kus) m

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

Derived terms

כּוּסִית ‎(kúsit)