коса

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Bulgarian

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Кичур коса
Пясъчна коса

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kosa (hair).

Noun

коса́ (kosáf (relational adjective коса́т, diminutive коси́ца or коси́чка)

  1. (countable) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
    дъ́лга коса́dǎ́lga kosálong hair
    къ́са коса́kǎ́sa kosáshort hair
  2. (countable) corn silk
    Synonym: реса́ (resá)
  3. (by extension) spit (geological formation)
    пя́съчна коса́pjásǎčna kosásandspit
Usage notes
  • Although technically countable, this word is almost always used uncountably to refer to a person's entire head of hair, e.g. моята косаmojata kosamy hair.
  • In the plural, it takes the form коси́ (kosí), accentuating the individuality of the hairs or their number: Помня косите ѝ.Pomnja kosite ì.I remember her hairs.
Declension
Derived terms

References

  • коса¹ (hair)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • коса³ (spit)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • коса¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Сечиво коса

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kosa (scythe).

Noun

коса́ (kosáf (diminutive коси́ца)

  1. (countable) scythe
Declension
Derived terms

References

  • коса²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • коса²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Noun

коса (kosaf (plural коси, diminutive косичка or косиче, augmentative косиште)

  1. hair (collective) (growth on head)
  2. scythe
Declension
Derived terms
hair
scythe

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

коса (kosa)

  1. count plural of кос m (kos, blackbird)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

коса (kosa)

  1. indefinite feminine singular of кос (kos)

Anagrams

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kosà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔˈsɑ//kɔˈsa//kɔˈsa/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kɔˈsɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kɔˈsa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /kɔˈsa/

  • Hyphenation: ко‧са

Noun

коса (kosaf

  1. braid
  2. scythe

Declension

Descendants

  • Belarusian: каса́ (kasá)
  • Russian: коса́ (kosá)
  • Ukrainian: коса́ (kosá)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “коса”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1294

Russian

 коса on Russian Wikipedia
Девушка с косой
Косарь с косой
Долгая коса Ейского полуострова

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic коса (kosa), from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation

Noun

коса́ (kosáf inan (genitive косы́, nominative plural ко́сы, genitive plural кос, diminutive коси́чка)

  1. braid, plait, tress, pigtail, queue (of hair)
  2. scythe
  3. spit, sandbank, bank, bar (a narrow, low-lying landform jutting into a body of water)
    Synonyms: стре́лка (strélka), пе́ресыпь (péresypʹ)
  4. (mathematics) braid (of strands)
Declension
Descendants

See also

Etymology 2

From the Xhosa name of the language isiXhosa.

 коса (язык) on Russian Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ко́са (kósam inan (indeclinable)

  1. Xhosa
    Synonym: исикоса (isikosa)
    язы́к ко́саjazýk kósathe Xhosa language

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

коса́ (kosá)

  1. short feminine singular of косо́й (kosój)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒsa/
  • Hyphenation: ко‧са

Noun

ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

  1. hair (of a person, on the head)
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒsa/
  • Hyphenation: ко‧са

Noun

ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

  1. scythe
Declension

Etymology 3

From ко̑с.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒsa/
  • Hyphenation: ко‧са

Noun

ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

  1. slope, declivity
  2. a mountain spur; a smaller ridge branching off from a mountain range
Declension

References

  • коса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • коса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • коса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Čolović, Gvozden R. (1969) Vojna topografija, Beograd: Vojnogeografski institut

Ukrainian

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation

Noun

коса́ (kosáf inan (genitive коси́, nominative plural ко́си, genitive plural кіс)

  1. braided hair
  2. scythe
  3. (dialectal) spleen, pancreas
  4. (dialectal) tendon

Declension

References