koza

See also: Koza, kozą, koža, kòza, kóza, kóža, and koża

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech koza, from Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

koza f

  1. goat
  2. (colloquial) tit (woman's breast)
    Synonym: prs
  3. sawhorse

Declension

Declension of koza (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative koza kozy
genitive kozy koz
dative koze kozám
accusative kozu kozy
vocative kozo kozy
locative koze kozách
instrumental kozou kozami

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
verbs

Further reading

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • cosa (obsolete), cośa (Haketía), cozza (Haketía)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cosa (“thing”), from Latin causam (“thing”). Compare Spanish cosa (“thing”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Noun

koza f (Hebrew spelling קוזה)[1]

  1. thing [16th c.]
    • 2003, Sefárdica‎[1], numbers 14–16, Centro de Investigación y Difusión de la Cultura Sefaradí, page 70:
      La primera koza dunke ke se nota en la kuzina djudeo‐espanyola es la manera turka de azer kada día el arroz, ke se kome en grandes kantidades i no manka ni un día en la meza del djudío proveniente del Impero Otomano.
      The first thing noted in the Judaeo‐Spanish kitchen is the Turkish style of making rice daily, which is eaten in great quantities and is never absent for one day from the table of the Jew originating from the Ottoman Empire.

References

  1. ^ “koza”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Latgalian

Noun

koza f

  1. goat

Ludian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коза (koza).

Noun

koza

  1. goat

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkoza/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkoza/

Noun

koza f

  1. goat

Declension

Declension of koza (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative koza kozě kozy
genitive kozy kozú koz
dative kozě kozama kozám
accusative kozu kozě kozy
vocative kozo kozě kozy
locative kozě kozú kozách
instrumental kozú kozama kozami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: koza

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.za/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔza
  • Syllabification: ko‧za
  • Homophone: Koza

Noun

koza f (diminutive kózka)

  1. goat
  2. (colloquial, humorous) booger, bogey (piece of solid or semisolid mucus in the nostril)
    Synonyms: babol, gil, glut, smark, śpik
  3. (slang) jail, prison
  4. any spined loach (Cobitis, especially Cobitis taenia or golden loach)
    Synonym: kózka
  5. bagpipes
    Synonyms: dudy, kobza
  6. (Near Masovian, windmill construction) tall, strong pine tree with a block on top and rungs for climbing
  7. (Kuyavia) piece of land of an irregular shape covered with grain
  8. (obsolete) knife used for skinning slaughtered goats and other animals

Declension

Declension of koza
singular plural
nominative koza kozy
genitive kozy kóz
dative kozie kozom
accusative kozę kozy
instrumental kozą kozami
locative kozie kozach
vocative kozo kozy

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
adjectives
nouns

Descendants

  • → Low Prussian: Koss

Further reading

  • koza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • koza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • koza in PWN's encyclopedia
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “koza”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 364
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “koza”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 9

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒza/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧za

Noun

kòza f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀за, relational adjective kȍzjī, diminutive kòzica, augmentative kozètina)

  1. goat

Declension

Declension of koza
singular plural
nominative kòza koze
genitive koze kózā
dative kozi kozama
accusative kozu koze
vocative kȍzo koze
locative kozi kozama
instrumental kozom kozama

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

koza f (male equivalent cap, relational adjective kozí or kozací or kozový (“vaulting buck”), diminutive kozička, augmentative kozisko)

  1. female goat
  2. (derogatory) bimbo, airhead (stupid woman)
  3. vaulting buck
  4. (colloquial) tit, boob

Declension

Declension of koza
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativekozakozy
genitivekozykôz
dativekozekozám
accusativekozukozy
locativekozekozách
instrumentalkozoukozami

Derived terms

nouns
  • kozľa

Further reading

  • “koza”, 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̀ːza/

Noun

kóza f

  1. goat

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. kôza
gen. sing. kôze
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		kôza kôzi kôze
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		kôze kôz kôz
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		kôzi kôzama kôzam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		kôzo kôzi kôze
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		kôzi kôzah kôzah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		kôzo kôzama kôzami
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, long mixed accent
nom. sing. kôza
gen. sing. kozé
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		kôza kozé kozé
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		kozé kozá kozá
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		kôzi kozáma kozàm
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		kozó kozé kozé
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		kôzi kozàh kozàh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		kozó kozáma kozámi

Further reading

  • “koza”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “koza”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوزه (koza), from Classical Persian غُوزَه (ġūza).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈza/, [ˈkɔzɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧za

Noun

koza (definite accusative kozayı, plural kozalar)

  1. cocoon
  2. pod
    Synonym: kozalak
  3. boll

Declension

Declension of koza
singular plural
nominative koza kozalar
definite accusative kozayı kozaları
dative kozaya kozalara
locative kozada kozalarda
ablative kozadan kozalardan
genitive kozanın kozaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular plural
1st singular kozam kozalarım
2nd singular kozan kozaların
3rd singular kozası kozaları
1st plural kozamız kozalarımız
2nd plural kozanız kozalarınız
3rd plural kozaları kozaları
definite accusative
singular plural
1st singular kozamı kozalarımı
2nd singular kozanı kozalarını
3rd singular kozasını kozalarını
1st plural kozamızı kozalarımızı
2nd plural kozanızı kozalarınızı
3rd plural kozalarını kozalarını
dative
singular plural
1st singular kozama kozalarıma
2nd singular kozana kozalarına
3rd singular kozasına kozalarına
1st plural kozamıza kozalarımıza
2nd plural kozanıza kozalarınıza
3rd plural kozalarına kozalarına
locative
singular plural
1st singular kozamda kozalarımda
2nd singular kozanda kozalarında
3rd singular kozasında kozalarında
1st plural kozamızda kozalarımızda
2nd plural kozanızda kozalarınızda
3rd plural kozalarında kozalarında
ablative
singular plural
1st singular kozamdan kozalarımdan
2nd singular kozandan kozalarından
3rd singular kozasından kozalarından
1st plural kozamızdan kozalarımızdan
2nd plural kozanızdan kozalarınızdan
3rd plural kozalarından kozalarından
genitive
singular plural
1st singular kozamın kozalarımın
2nd singular kozanın kozalarının
3rd singular kozasının kozalarının
1st plural kozamızın kozalarımızın
2nd plural kozanızın kozalarınızın
3rd plural kozalarının kozalarının

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kozà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔza/
  • Rhymes: -ɔza
  • Hyphenation: ko‧za
  • Syllabification: ko‧za

Noun

koza f

  1. (zoology) goat

Declension

Declension of koza (feminine hard hissing stem)
singular dual plural
nominative koza kozy kozy
genitive kozy kozow kozow
dative kozy kozomaj kozam, kozom
accusative kozu kozy kozy
instrumental kozu kozomaj kozami, kozymi
locative kozy kozomaj kozach, kozoch
vocative koza kozy kozy

References

  • “koza” in Soblex

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коза́ (kozá).

Noun

koza

  1. goat

Inflection

Inflection of koza (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing. koza
genitive sing. kozan
partitive sing. kozad
partitive plur. kozid
singular plural
nominative koza kozad
accusative kozan kozad
genitive kozan koziden
partitive kozad kozid
essive-instructive kozan kozin
translative kozaks kozikš
inessive kozas koziš
elative kozaspäi kozišpäi
illative kozaha
kozha 		kozihe
adessive kozal kozil
ablative kozalpäi kozilpäi
allative kozale kozile
abessive kozata kozita
comitative kozanke kozidenke
prolative kozadme kozidme
approximative I kozanno kozidenno
approximative II kozannoks kozidennoks
egressive kozannopäi kozidennopäi
terminative I kozahasai
kozhasai 		kozihesai
terminative II kozalesai kozilesai
terminative III kozassai —
additive I kozahapäi
kozhapäi 		kozihepäi
additive II kozalepäi kozilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “коза”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yami

Noun

koza

  1. cat
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