קוב

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubus (possibly via Russian куб (kub)), from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “die, cube”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʊb/

Noun

קוב • (kub) m, plural קובן (kubn)

(geometry) cube (shape with six square sides)
(mathematics) cube (number raised to the third power)

Derived terms

בוליאָן־קובל (bulyon-kubl)
ריכטיקער קוב (rikhtiker kub, “perfect cube”)

References

Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “קוב”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press

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