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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
Declension of kozel (hard masculine animate reducible)
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
- goat
- fool
Inflection
Further reading
- “kozel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024