Hafiz soon
Al-Ghashiyah · 88:14
And cups put in place
Sahih International
Word 1 of 2
وَأَكْوَابٌۭ
wa-akwābun
And cups
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Conjunctionand
أَكْوَابٌ
Ism · NounAnd cups
Rootكوبkwb
a cup without a handle, beakers, goblets
4× in the Quran · Rare
LemmaأَكْوَابNoun
Grammar rules
Indefinite noun
وَأَكْوَابٌۭ (And cups) has no ال and takes tanwīn (the "n" sound at the end), so it means "a" or "some" — not a specific one.
We translate it as "a/an" or leave it general.
Lesson 2 · I'rab & FlexibilityConjunction وَ (and)
وَأَكْوَابٌۭ (And cups) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles