козир
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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kozyrь (“shield made of goat skin”), from *koza (“goat”). Modern sense likely originates from the fact that a trump beats other cards (i.e. covers them).
Pronunciation
Noun
ко́зир • (kózyr) m inan (genitive ко́зиря, nominative plural ко́зирі, genitive plural ко́зирів, relational adjective кози́рний)
- (card games) trump (suit which outranks the others)
- (card games) trump (card of such suit)
- (figuratively) trump (something which gives an advantage)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | ко́зир kózyr |
ко́зирі kózyri |
| genitive | ко́зиря kózyrja |
ко́зирів kózyriv |
| dative | ко́зиреві, ко́зирю kózyrevi, kózyrju |
ко́зирям kózyrjam |
| accusative | ко́зир kózyr |
ко́зирі kózyri |
| instrumental | ко́зирем kózyrem |
ко́зирями kózyrjamy |
| locative | ко́зирю, ко́зирі kózyrju, kózyri |
ко́зирях kózyrjax |
| vocative | ко́зирю kózyrju |
ко́зирі kózyri |
Derived terms
- козири́тися (kozyrýtysja)
- козиря́ти (kozyrjáty)
See also
| Suits in Ukrainian · масті (masti) (layout · text) | |||
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| чирва (čyrva) | бубна (bubna) | вино (vyno) | трефа (trefa) |
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “козир”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “козир”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “козир”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)