koza

See also: Koza, kozą, koža, kòza, kóza, kóža, and koża

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoza/

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Noun

koza f

1. goat
2. (colloquial) tit (woman's breast)
3. sawhorse

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	koza	kozy
genitive	kozy	koz
dative	koze	kozám
accusative	kozu	kozy
vocative	kozo	kozy
locative	koze	kozách
instrumental	kozou	kozami

Synonyms

(tit): See also prs

Derived terms

• kozel
• kozí
• kozina
• kozička
• kozlice
• kozlík
• kozlíček
• kozoroh
• Kozoroh
• kozorožec
• kůzlátko
• kůzle
• mít kozí nohy

 

Further reading

• koza in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• koza in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish cosa (“thing”), from Latin causam (“thing”). Compare Spanish cosa (“thing”).

Noun

koza f

1. thing

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Latgalian

Noun

koza f

1. goat

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Ludian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коза (koza).

Noun

koza

1. goat

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.za/

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• Hyphenation: ko‧za

Noun

koza f (diminutive kózka)

1. goat
2. (colloquial) booger, bogey (piece of solid or semisolid mucus in the nostril)
3. (slang) jail, prison
4. Any spined loach (Cobitis) or golden loach (Sabanejewia), especially Cobitis taenia.

   Synonym: kózka

Declension

declension of koza

	singular	plural
nominative	koza	kozy
genitive	kozy	kóz
dative	kozie	kozom
accusative	kozę	kozy
instrumental	kozą	kozami
locative	kozie	kozach
vocative	kozo	kozy

Derived terms

• (adjective) kozi
• (noun) koziarz

Related terms

• (adjectives) kozłowy, koźli
• (nouns) kozioł, koźlak, koźlątko, koźlę, koźlik, koźlina

Further reading

• koza in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒza/
• Hyphenation: ko‧za

Noun

kòza f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀за)

1. goat

Declension

Declension of koza

	singular	plural
nominative	kòza	koze
genitive	koze	kózā
dative	kozi	kozama
accusative	kozu	koze
vocative	kȍzo	koze
locative	kozi	kozama
instrumental	kozom	kozama

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔza/

Noun

koza f (genitive singular kozy, nominative plural kozy, genitive plural kôz, declension pattern of žena)

1. female goat
2. stupid woman
3. (colloquial) female breast

Declension

Declension of koza

	singular	plural
nominative	koza	kozy
genitive	kozy	kôz
dative	koze	kozám
accusative	kozu	kozy
locative	koze	kozách
instrumental	kozou	kozami

Derived terms

• kozí
• kozľa

See also

• cap

Further reading

• koza in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̀ːza/

Noun

kóza f

1. goat

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	kôza
gen. sing.	kôze
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kôza	kôzi	kôze
accusative	kôzo	kôzi	kôze
genitive	kôze	kôz	kôz
dative	kôzi	kôzama	kôzam
locative	kôzi	kôzah	kôzah
instrumental	kôzo	kôzama	kôzami

Feminine, a-stem, mobile accent
nom. sing.	kôza
gen. sing.	kozé
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kôza	kozé	kozé
accusative	kozó	kozé	kozé
genitive	kozé	kozá	kozá
dative	kôzi	kozáma	kozàm
locative	kôzi	kozàh	kozàh
instrumental	kozó	kozáma	kozámi

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔzɑ]
• Hyphenation: ko‧za

Noun

koza (definite accusative kozayı, plural kozalar)

1. cocoon

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	koza
Definite accusative	kozayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	koza	kozalar
Definite accusative	kozayı	kozaları
Dative	kozaya	kozalara
Locative	kozada	kozalarda
Ablative	kozadan	kozalardan
Genitive	kozanın	kozaların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular kozam kozalarım 2nd singular kozan kozaların 3rd singular kozası kozaları 1st plural kozamız kozalarımız 2nd plural kozanız kozalarınız 3rd plural kozaları kozaları

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Noun

koza f

1. goat

Declension

Declension of koza

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	koza	kozy	kozy
Genitive	kozy	kozow	kozow
Dative	kozy	kozomaj	kozam
Accusative	kozu	kozy	kozy
Instrumental	kozu	kozomaj	kozami
Locative	kozy	kozomaj	kozach

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Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коза́ (kozá).

Noun

koza

1. goat

Inflection

Inflection of koza
nominative sing.	koza
genitive sing.	kozan
partitive sing.	kozad
partitive plur.	kozid
	singular	plural
nominative	koza	kozad
accusative	kozan	kozad
genitive	kozan	koziden
partitive	kozad	kozid
essive-instructive	kozan	kozin
translative	kozaks	kozikš
inessive	kozas	koziš
elative	kozaspäi	kozišpäi
illative	?	kozihe
adessive	kozal	kozil
ablative	kozalpäi	kozilpäi
allative	kozale	kozile
abessive	kozata	kozita
comitative	kozanke	kozidenke
prolative	kozadme	kozidme
approximative I	kozanno	kozidenno
approximative II	kozannoks	kozidennoks
egressive	kozannopäi	kozidennopäi
terminative I	?	kozihesai
terminative II	kozalesai	kozilesai
terminative III	kozassai	—
additive I	?	kozihepäi
additive II	kozalepäi	kozilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “коза”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Yami

Noun

koza

1. cat