коза

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈza/

Noun

коза́ • (kozá) f (masculine козе́л)

1. female goat, she-goat
2. (gymnastics) horse

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Noun

коза • (koza) f

1. goat
2. (colloquial) an insult for a stupid and/or annoying woman

Inflection

Declension of коза

	singular	plural
indefinite	коза	кози
definite unspecified	козата	козите
definite proximal	козава	козиве
definite distal	козана	козине
vocative	козо	кози

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Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• Glagolitic: ⰽⱁⰸⰰ (koza)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Noun

коза • (koza) f

1. she-goat

Descendants

• Czech: koza
• Polish: koza
• Russian: коза́ (kozá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ко̀за

  Latin script: kòza

• Slovak: koza
• Slovene: koza

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈza]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a

Noun

коза́ • (kozá) f anim (genitive козы́, nominative plural ко́зы, genitive plural коз)

1. goat, she-goat

Declension

Declension of коза́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	коза́ kozá	ко́зы kózy
genitive	козы́ kozý	ко́з kóz
dative	козе́ kozé	ко́зам kózam
accusative	козу́ kozú	ко́з kóz
instrumental	козо́й, козо́ю kozój, kozóju	ко́зами kózami
prepositional	козе́ kozé	ко́зах kózax

Pre-reform declension of коза́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	коза́ kozá	ко́зы kózy
genitive	козы́ kozý	ко́зъ kóz
dative	козѣ́ kozě́	ко́замъ kózam
accusative	козу́ kozú	ко́зъ kóz
instrumental	козо́й, козо́ю kozój, kozóju	ко́зами kózami
prepositional	козѣ́ kozě́	ко́захъ kózax

Related terms

• козёл (kozjól)
• ко́зий (kózij)

Descendants

• → Kildin Sami: коаза (kåza)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒza/
• Hyphenation: ко‧за

Noun

ко̀за f (Latin spelling kòza)

1. goat

Declension

Declension of коза

	singular	plural
nominative	ко̀за	козе
genitive	козе	ко́за̄
dative	кози	козама
accusative	козу	козе
vocative	ко̏зо	козе
locative	кози	козама
instrumental	козом	козама

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

1. goat
2. booger

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “коза”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka