Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Church Slavonic коза (koza), from Proto-Slavic *koza.

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  • IPA(key): [koˈza]
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коза́ (kozáf (masculine козе́л, relational adjective ко́зи, diminutive кози́чка)

  1. female equivalent of козе́л (kozél): female goat, she-goat
  2. (gymnastics) horse

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References

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  • коза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • коза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

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коза (kozaf (plural кози, masculine јарец, relational adjective козји, diminutive козичка or козле, augmentative козиште)

  1. goat
  2. (colloquial) an insult for a stupid and/or annoying woman

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Old Church Slavonic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *koza.

Noun

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коза (kozaf

  1. she-goat

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Descendants

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  • Russian: коза́ (kozá)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ко̀за
    Latin script: kòza
  • Slovene: koza

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

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коза́ (kozáf anim (genitive козы́, nominative plural ко́зы, genitive plural коз, relational adjective ко́зий)

  1. goat, she-goat
  2. (fishing) a fire basket with burning fatwood in it, used for fishing at night
    Synonym: ко́бра (kóbra)

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

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  • IPA(key): /kǒza/
  • Hyphenation: ко‧за

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ко̀за f (Latin spelling kòza, diminutive ко̀зица, augmentative козѐтина, relational adjective ко̏зјӣ)

  1. goat

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Further reading

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  • коза”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *koza.

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коза́ (kozáf animal (genitive кози́, nominative plural ко́зи, genitive plural кіз)

  1. goat

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коза́ (kozáf inan (genitive кози́, nominative plural ко́зи, genitive plural кіз)

  1. booger

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