Bulgarian

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Кичур коса
 
Пясъчна коса

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [koˈsa]
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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *kosa (hair).

Noun

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коса́ (kosáf (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 коса́dǎ́lga kosálong hair
    къ́са коса́kǎ́sa kosáshort hair
  2. (countable) corn silk
    Synonym: реса́ (resá)
  3. (by extension) spit (geological formation)
    пя́съчна коса́pjásǎčna kosásandspit
Usage notes
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  • Although technically countable, this word is almost always used uncountably to refer to a person's entire head of hair, e.g. моята косаmojata kosamy 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.
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References

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  • 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
 
Сечиво коса

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Slavic *kosa (scythe).

Noun

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коса́ (kosáf (diminutive коси́ца)

  1. (countable) scythe
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References

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  • 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

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Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Noun

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коса (kosaf (plural коси, diminutive косичка or косиче, augmentative косиште)

  1. hair (collective) (growth on head)
  2. scythe
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Declension of коса
singular plural
indefinite коса (kosa) коси (kosi)
definite unspecified косата (kosata) косите (kosite)
definite proximal косава (kosava) косиве (kosive)
definite distal косана (kosana) косине (kosine)
vocative косо (koso) коси (kosi)
Derived terms
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hair
scythe

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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коса (kosa)

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

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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коса (kosa)

  1. indefinite feminine singular of кос (kos)

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Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kosà.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔˈsɑ//kɔˈsa//kɔˈsa/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kɔˈsɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kɔˈsa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /kɔˈsa/

  • Hyphenation: ко‧са

Noun

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коса (kosaf

  1. braid
  2. scythe

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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: каса́ (kasá)
  • Russian: коса́ (kosá)
  • Ukrainian: коса́ (kosá)

References

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  • 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

Russian

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 коса on Russian Wikipedia
 
Девушка с косой
 
Косарь с косой
 
Долгая коса Ейского полуострова

Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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коса́ (kosáf 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)
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Etymology 2

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From the Xhosa name of the language isiXhosa.

 коса (язык) on Russian Wikipedia

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Noun

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ко́са (kósam inan (indeclinable)

  1. Xhosa
    Synonym: исикоса (isikosa)
    язы́к ко́саjazýk kósathe Xhosa language

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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коса́ (kosá)

  1. short feminine singular of косо́й (kosój)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

  1. hair (of a person, on the head)
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

  1. scythe
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Etymology 3

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From ко̑с.

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

Noun

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ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

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

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  • коса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • коса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • коса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Čolović, Gvozden R. (1969) Vojna topografija, Beograd: Vojnogeografski institut

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

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Noun

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коса́ (kosáf inan (genitive коси́, nominative plural ко́си, genitive plural кіс)

  1. braided hair
  2. scythe
  3. (dialectal) spleen, pancreas
  4. (dialectal) tendon

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