кокошка

Bulgarian

Домашна кокошка

Etymology

From коко́ш (kokóš, “pullet”) +‎ -ка (-ka) (Proto-Slavic *kokošь), of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈkɔʃkɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

коко́шка • (kokóška) f (masculine коко́ш, relational adjective коко́ши)

1. female equivalent of коко́ш (kokóš): hen (female chicken), fowl, gallinacean, pullet

   Synonym: (dialectal) ку́рица (kúrica)

   дома́шнa коко́шка ― domášna kokóška ― domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)

   (ди́ва) ба́нкивска коко́шка ― (díva) bánkivska kokóška ― junglefowl (Gallus gallus)

Declension

Declension of коко́шка

	singular	plural
indefinite	коко́шка kokóška	коко́шки kokóški
definite	коко́шката kokóškata	коко́шките kokóškite
vocative form	коко́шко kokóško	коко́шки kokóški

References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kokošь, of onomatopoetic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔkɔʃka]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ко‧кош‧ка

Noun

кокошка • (kokoška) f (masculine петел, relational adjective кокошкин, diminutive коковче)

1. chicken, hen

Declension

Declension of кокошка

	singular	plural
indefinite	кокошка	кокошки
definite unspecified	кокошката	кокошките
definite proximal	кокошкава	кокошкиве
definite distal	кокошкана	кокошкине
vocative	кокошко	кокошки

Derived terms

• кокошкар m (kokoškar)
• кокошкин (kokoškin)

Related terms

• кокошаница f (kokošanica)
• кокошарник m (kokošarnik)
• кокошинка f (kokošinka)

See also

• квачка f (kvačka)
• петел m (petel)
• пиле n (pile)

References

• “кокошка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒkoːʃka/
• Hyphenation: ко‧кош‧ка

Noun

ко̀ко̄шка f (Latin spelling kòkōška)

1. (colloquial) hen (female chicken)

Synonyms

• ко̏ко̄ш