казак

See also: қазақ and ҡаҙаҡ

Russian

Alternative forms

• коза́к (kozák)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic козак (kozak), from Turkic languages ("free, independent person, an adventurer, a drifter"), cognate to каза́х (kazáx, “Kazakh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈzak]

Noun

каза́к • (kazák) m anim (genitive казака́, nominative plural казаки́ or каза́ки, genitive plural казако́в or каза́ков, feminine каза́чка)

1. Cossack, cossack

Declension

Declension of каза́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b/d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	каза́к kazák	казаки́, каза́ки kazakí, kazáki
genitive	казака́ kazaká	казако́в, каза́ков kazakóv, kazákov
dative	казаку́ kazakú	казака́м, каза́кам kazakám, kazákam
accusative	казака́ kazaká	казако́в, каза́ков kazakóv, kazákov
instrumental	казако́м kazakóm	казака́ми, каза́ками kazakámi, kazákami
prepositional	казаке́ kazaké	казака́х, каза́ках kazakáx, kazákax
vocative	каза́че kazáče

Derived terms

• каза́цкий (kazáckij)

Descendants

• → Samic:
  • Kildin Sami: kаs (kas, “servant”)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “казак”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubačóv, Moscow: Progress