koža

See also: koza, kóza, kòza, koża, kóža, and Koza

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koža. Related to Czech kůže.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kôʒa/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ža

Noun

kȍža f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏жа)

  1. skin
  2. leather

Declension

Declension of koža
singular plural
nominative kȍža kože
genitive kože kȏžā
dative koži kožama
accusative kožu kože
vocative kožo kože
locative koži kožama
instrumental kožom kožama

Further reading

  • koža”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koža.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔʒa]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

koža f (relational adjective kožný, diminutive kožka or kožtička)

  1. skin
  2. leather

Declension

Declension of koža
(pattern ulica)
singularplural
nominativekožakože
genitivekožekoží
dativekožikožiam
accusativekožukože
locativekožikožiach
instrumentalkožoukožami

Derived terms

adjectives

Further reading

  • koža”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koža.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kòːʒa/

Noun

kọ́ža f

  1. skin

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. kóža
gen. sing. kóže
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
kóža kóži kóže
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
kóže kóž kóž
dative
(dajȃlnik)
kóži kóžama kóžam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
kóžo kóži kóže
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
kóži kóžah kóžah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
kóžo kóžama kóžami

Derived terms

  • kóžen

Further reading

  • koža”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòža.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔʒa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʒa
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ža
  • Syllabification: ko‧ža

Noun

koža f (diminutive kóžka or kóžčička or kožička)

  1. skin
  2. fur, pelt (hairy skin of an animal)
  3. leather

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • kožany
  • kožaty
nouns
  • chevreaukoža f
  • kožanosć f
  • połkoža f
  • předkoža f

Further reading