kouzlo

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kovati. Related to Russian кузло́ (kuzló, “blacksmith's work, act of forging metal, blacksmith's furnace”), Russian кова́ть (kovátʹ, “to forge”), Russian кузне́ц (kuznéc, “blacksmith”) and further with the similar meaning change to Russian кова́рный (kovárnyj, “guileful, insidious, perfidious, crafty, treacherous”), Russian кознь (koznʹ, “intrigue, jiggery-pokery, crafty design of the enemy, crafty design against somebody, scheme against somebody”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkou̯zlo]

Noun

kouzlo n

1. spell

Declension

Declension of kouzlo (hard neuter reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	kouzlo	kouzla
genitive	kouzla	kouzel
dative	kouzlu	kouzlům
accusative	kouzlo	kouzla
vocative	kouzlo	kouzla
locative	kouzlu, kouzle	kouzlech
instrumental	kouzlem	kouzly

Related terms

• kouzelník
• kouzelný
• kouzlit

 

See also

• čáry
• šarm

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kuzlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 142

Further reading

• kouzlo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kouzlo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• kouzlo in Internetová jazyková příručka
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кузло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коварный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кознь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress