кочан

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kočanъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koˈt͡ʃa̟n]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

коча́н • (kočánm (diminutive коча́нче)

  1. cob (of maize)
  2. cabbage (of Brassica type of plant)

Declension

Declension of коча́н
singular plural
indefinite коча́н
kočán
коча́ни
kočáni
definite
(subject form)
коча́нът
kočánǎt
коча́ните
kočánite
definite
(object form)
коча́на
kočána
count form коча́на
kočána

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • кочане́я (kočanéja, to benumb)
  • кочанясам (kočanjasam)
    • вкочанясам се impf (vkočanjasam se), вкочаня се pf (vkočanja se)
    • скочанясам се impf (skočanjasam se), скочаня се pf (skočanja se)

References

  • кочан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • кочан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кочан”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 686

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kočanъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔt͡ʃan]
  • Hyphenation: ко‧чан

Noun

кочан • (kočanm (plural кочани, diminutive кочанче)

  1. cob (corn)
    Synonym: цаблан (cablan)
  2. stem of cabbage
  3. Jerusalem artichoke, sunroot, sunchoke, earthapple (Helianthus tuberosus)
    Synonyms: репка (repka), земно јаболко (zemno jabolko)
  4. (figurative) root of something
  5. (colloquial) very cold weather

Declension

Declension of кочан
singular plural
indefinite кочан (kočan) кочани (kočani)
definite unspecified кочанот (kočanot) кочаните (kočanite)
definite proximal кочанов (kočanov) кочаниве (kočanive)
definite distal кочанон (kočanon) кочанине (kočanine)
vocative кочану (kočanu) кочани (kočani)
count form кочана (kočana)

Further reading

  • кочан” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Alternative forms

  • ко́чень (kóčenʹ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kočanъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈt͡ɕan]

Noun

коча́н • (kočánm inan (genitive кочана́ or кочна́, nominative plural кочаны́ or кочны́, genitive plural кочано́в or кочно́в, relational adjective коча́нный, diminutive кочешо́к)

  1. head of cabbage
    Synonym: вило́к m (vilók)
    Meronym: кочеры́жка f (kočerýžka)
  2. (derogatory) (human) head, noggin
    Убери́ свой коча́н!
    Uberí svoj kočán!
    Move your head!

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ingrian: kotsena

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кочан”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “кочан”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 436
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “кочан”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 362
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “кочан”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004) “кочан”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN

Further reading