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Kaf-Waw-Ba
(Kaf-Alif-Ba)
To drink out of a goblet. A mug or drinking cup without a handle, slenderness of neck with bigness of head, a sighing or grief or regret for something that has past or escaped one. A small drum slender in the middle or small stone such as fills the hand.
akwab
n.m. (pl. of kub)
43:71
يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِصِحَاف ٍ مِنْ ذَهَب ٍ وَأَكْوَاب ٍ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ الأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الأَعْيُنُ وَأَنْتُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ
Yuţāfu `Alayhim Bişiĥāfin Min Dhahabin Wa 'Akwābin Wa Fīhā Mā Tashtahīhi Al-'Anfusu Wa Taladhdhu Al-'A`yunu Wa 'Antum Fīhā Khālidūna
They will be served with golden trays and cups, and they will find everything the self desires and the eyes wish for, and you will abide therein.
56:18
بِأَكْوَاب ٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْس ٍ مِنْ مَعِين ٍ
Bi'akwābin Wa 'Abārīqa Wa Ka'sin Min Ma`īnin
With cups, pitchers, and a cup of pure drink.
76:15
وَيُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِآنِيَة ٍ مِنْ فِضَّة ٍ وَأَكْوَاب ٍ كَانَتْ قَوَارِيرَ
Wa Yuţāfu `Alayhim Bi'āniyatin Min FiĐĐatin Wa 'Akwābin Kānat Qawārīra
And they are served upon with bowls of silver and glasses of crystal.
88:14
وَأَكْوَاب ٌ مَوْضُوعَة ٌ
Wa 'Akwābun MawĐū`ahun
And cups that are set.
Hans Wehr
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