kozel
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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech kozel, from Proto-Slavic *kozьlъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
kozel m anim
- billy goat, he-goat, male goat
- udělat kozla zahradníkem ― fox guarding the henhouse (literally, “to make the goat a gardener”)
Declension
Further reading
- “kozel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kozel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kozel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kozьlъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
kózəł m anim
Inflection
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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. |
| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | kôzel | ||
| gen. sing. | kôzla | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
kôzel | kôzla | kôzli |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
kôzla | kôzlov | kôzlov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
kôzlu | kôzloma | kôzlom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
kôzla | kôzla | kôzle |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
kôzlu | kôzlih | kôzlih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
kôzlom | kôzloma | kôzli |
Further reading
- “kozel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran