козирог

See also: Козирог

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• ко́зиро́гь (kózirógʹ) [17th c.]

Etymology

Likely Inherited from Old Church Slavonic козьльрогъ (kozĭlĭrogŭ) (attested in 1073), acquiring its current form (spelled ко́зиро́гь) by the 17th century, during the Early Modern Bulgarian period. By surface analysis, ко́зи (kózi, “goat's”) +‎ рог (rog, “horn”).

Cognates include Russian козеро́г (kozeróg), Serbo-Croatian козорог and Slovene kozorog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔziˌrɔk] (most common)
• IPA^(key): [koziˈrɔk]
• Hyphenation^(key): ко‧зи‧рог

Noun

ко́зирог • (kózirog) m

1. one of several types of ibex, particularly the Alpine ibex or steinbock

   Synonyms: алпи́йски ко́зирог (alpíjski kózirog), и́бекс (íbeks)

2. a Capricorn (person with the zodiac sign)

Declension

Declension of ко́зирог

	singular	plural
indefinite	ко́зирог kózirog	ко́зирози kózirozi
definite (subject form)	ко́зирогът kózirogǎt	ко́зирозите kózirozite
definite (object form)	ко́зирога kóziroga
count form	—	ко́зирога kóziroga

References

• “козирог”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “козирог”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “козирог”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 525