كوع

• IPA^(key): /kuːʕ/

كُوع • (kūʕ) m (plural أَكْوَاع (ʔakwāʕ) or كِيعَان (kīʕān)) (countable)

1. (anatomy, of humans, sometimes proscribed) the joint connecting the lower arm and the upper arm, the elbow

   Synonym: مِرْفَق (mirfaq)

2. (anatomy, of humans, sometimes prescriptive, now rare) the extremity of the radius that articulates with the scaphoid bone on the lateral (or radial) side of the hand at the wrist joint below the thumb, the distal end of the radial bone

   Coordinate term: (rare) كَاع (kāʕ, “the extremity of the ulna that joins with the radius and the carpus at the wrist joint, the distal end of the ulna”)

• زَنْد m (zand)

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “كوع”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “كوع”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “كوع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “كوع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

From Arabic كُوع (kūʕ).

• IPA^(key): /kuːʕ/, [kuːʕ]

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كوع • (kūʕ) m (plural كواع (kwāʕ))

1. elbow

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /kaw.waʕ/, [ˈkaw.waʕ]

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كوّع • (kawwaʕ) II (present بكوّع (bikawweʕ))

1. to stop working, to break down

   Synonym: خرب (ḵirib)

2. to fail (in school, etc.)

   Synonym: سقط (saʔaṭ)