коса

• IPA^(key): [koˈsa]

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• Rhymes: -sa
• Hyphenation^(key): ко‧са

From Proto-Slavic *kosa (“hair”).

коса́ • (kosá) f (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 коса́ ― dǎ́lga kosá ― long hair

   къ́са коса́ ― kǎ́sa kosá ― short hair

2. (countable) corn silk

   Synonym: реса́ (resá)

3. (by extension) spit (geological formation)

   пя́съчна коса́ ― pjásǎčna kosá ― sandspit

• Although technically countable, this word is almost always used uncountably to refer to a person's entire head of hair, e.g. моята коса ― mojata kosa ― my 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.

• “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

From Proto-Slavic *kosa (“scythe”).

коса́ • (kosá) f (diminutive коси́ца)

1. (countable) scythe

• кося́ (kosjá, “to mow, to reap”)
  • коса́ч (kosáč, “reaper”)
• коса́т (kosát, “oryx”) (dialectal)
  • коса́тка (kosátka, “killer whale”)

• кос (kos, “skew”)

• “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

• сако (sako)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔsa]

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• Rhymes: -ɔsa

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

коса • (kosa) f (plural коси, diminutive косичка or косиче, augmentative косиште)

2. hair (collective) (growth on head)
4. scythe

• косма f (kosma), влакно n (vlakno), влас f (vlas)
• сор m (sor), косор m (kosor), косир m (kosir), срп m (srp)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

коса • (kosa)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

коса • (kosa)

1. indefinite feminine singular of кос (kos)

• оска (oska), сако (sako)

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.sə/

коса • (kosa)

1. where

• кода (koda)

From Proto-Slavic *kosà.

• Hyphenation: ко‧са

коса (kosa) f

1. braid
2. scythe

• Belarusian: каса́ (kasá)
• Russian: коса́ (kosá)
  • → Kildin Sami: коассь (kåss’)
• Ukrainian: коса́ (kosá)

• 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]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1294

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

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈsa]

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коса́ • (kosá) f 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)

• → Ingrian: kassa
• Samic:
  • → Kildin Sami: коассь (kåss’, “braid, plait”), ко̄сс (kōss, “scythe”)
  • → Skolt Sami: kåʹss (“braid, plait”), koss (“scythe”)
  • → Ter Sami: коссе (kossʼe, “braid, plait”), кыэййсе (kïejjsʼe, “scythe”)

• серп m (serp)

From the Xhosa name of the language isiXhosa.

• кхоса (kxosa)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkosə]

ко́са • (kósa) m inan (indeclinable)

1. Xhosa

   Synonym: исикоса (isikosa)

   язы́к ко́са ― jazýk kósa ― the Xhosa language

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈsa]

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коса́ • (kosá)

1. short feminine singular of косо́й (kosój)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

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

ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

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

ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

1. scythe

From ко̑с.

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

ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

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

• “коса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “коса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “коса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Čolović, Gvozden R. (1969) Vojna topografija, Beograd: Vojnogeografski institut

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

• IPA^(key): [kɔˈsa]

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коса́ • (kosá) f inan (genitive коси́, nominative plural ко́си, genitive plural кіс)

1. A standard, three-strand hair braid
2. scythe
3. (dialectal) spleen, pancreas
4. (dialectal) tendon

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “коса”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “коса”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)