косный

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic късьнъ (kŭsĭnŭ, “slow, late”), from Proto-Slavic *kъsьnъ. Compare Bulgarian къ́сно (kǎ́sno, “late”), Serbo-Croatian ка̏сно (“late”), Slovene kəsȃn (“careless, slow, late”) (feminine kəsnà), also kəsə̀n. Further cognate with Lithuanian kùšlas (“frail, wretched”) (also kušlùs), Latvian kusls (“weak, small and tender”), Latvian kust (“to tire”) (1sg. kùstu, 1sg. past kusu), Old Prussian ucka-kuslaisin (“the weakest”, acc. sg.).

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Adjective

ко́сный • (kósnyj) (comparative (по)ко́снее or (по)ко́сней)

  1. (dated) sedentary, lazy, slow
  2. rigid, resistant to change

Declension

Declension of ко́сный (short class a*)
masculine neuter feminine plural
nominative ко́сный
kósnyj 		ко́сное
kósnoje 		ко́сная
kósnaja 		ко́сные
kósnyje
genitive ко́сного
kósnovo 		ко́сной
kósnoj 		ко́сных
kósnyx
dative ко́сному
kósnomu 		ко́сной
kósnoj 		ко́сным
kósnym
accusative animate ко́сного
kósnovo 		ко́сное
kósnoje 		ко́сную
kósnuju 		ко́сных
kósnyx
inanimate ко́сный
kósnyj 		ко́сные
kósnyje
instrumental ко́сным
kósnym 		ко́сной, ко́сною
kósnoj, kósnoju 		ко́сными
kósnymi
prepositional ко́сном
kósnom 		ко́сной
kósnoj 		ко́сных
kósnyx
short form ко́сен
kósen 		ко́сно
kósno 		ко́сна
kósna 		ко́сны
kósny

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