See also: ќоса and кося

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Кичур коса
 
Пясъчна коса

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [koˈsa]
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Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Slavic *kosa (hair).

Noun edit

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 edit
  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

From Proto-Slavic *kosa (scythe).

Noun edit

коса́ (kosáf (diminutive коси́ца)

  1. (countable) scythe
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Related terms edit

References edit

  • 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

Anagrams edit

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Noun edit

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

  1. hair (collective) (growth on head)
  2. scythe
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
hair
scythe

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

коса (kosa)

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

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

коса (kosa)

  1. indefinite feminine singular of кос (kos)

Anagrams edit

Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *kosà.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

коса (kosaf

  1. braid
  2. scythe

Declension edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

коса́ (kosáf inan (genitive косы́, nominative plural ко́сы, genitive plural кос, diminutive коси́чка)

  1. plait, tress, braid, pigtail, queue
  2. scythe
  3. sandbank, (river) bank, spit (small point of land jutting into the sea)
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Etymology 2 edit

From the Xhosa name of the language isiXhosa.

 
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Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ко́са (kósam inan (indeclinable)

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

Etymology 3 edit

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Adjective edit

коса́ (kosá)

  1. short feminine singular of косо́й (kosój)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

  1. scythe
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Etymology 3 edit

From ко̑с.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

  • коса” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • коса” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • коса” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Čolović, Gvozden R. (1969) Vojna topografija, Beograd: Vojnogeografski institut

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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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