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

Synonyms

(tit): See also prs

Derived terms

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

 

Further reading

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Ladino

Etymology

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

Noun

koza f (Latin spelling)

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 (), 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

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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

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 Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̀ːza/

Noun

kóza f

1. goat

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	kôza
gen. sing.	kôze
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kôza	kôzi	kôze
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kôze	kôz	kôz
dative (dajȃlnik)	kôzi	kôzama	kôzam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kôzo	kôzi	kôze
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kôzi	kôzah	kôzah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kôzo	kôzama	kôzami

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	kôza
gen. sing.	kozé
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kôza	kozé	kozé
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kozé	kozá	kozá
dative (dajȃlnik)	kôzi	kozáma	kozàm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kozó	kozé	kozé
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kôzi	kozàh	kozàh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	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 Nominative 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 Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kozamı kozalarımı 2nd singular kozanı kozalarını 3rd singular kozasını kozalarını 1st plural kozamızı kozalarımızı 2nd plural kozanızı kozalarınızı 3rd plural kozalarını kozalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kozama kozalarıma 2nd singular kozana kozalarına 3rd singular kozasına kozalarına 1st plural kozamıza kozalarımıza 2nd plural kozanıza kozalarınıza 3rd plural kozalarına kozalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kozamda kozalarımda 2nd singular kozanda kozalarında 3rd singular kozasında kozalarında 1st plural kozamızda kozalarımızda 2nd plural kozanızda kozalarınızda 3rd plural kozalarında kozalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kozamdan kozalarımdan 2nd singular kozandan kozalarından 3rd singular kozasından kozalarından 1st plural kozamızdan kozalarımızdan 2nd plural kozanızdan kozalarınızdan 3rd plural kozalarından kozalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kozamın kozalarımın 2nd singular kozanın kozalarının 3rd singular kozasının kozalarının 1st plural kozamızın kozalarımızın 2nd plural kozanızın kozalarınızın 3rd plural kozalarının kozalarının

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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
vocative	koza	kozy	kozy

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Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коза́ (kozá).

Noun

koza

1. goat

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “коза”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Yami

Noun

koza

1. cat