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козир

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kozyrь (shield made of goat skin), from *koza (goat). Modern sense likely originates from the fact that a trump beats other cards (i.e. covers them).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ко́зир (kózyrm inan (genitive ко́зиря, nominative plural ко́зирі, genitive plural ко́зирів, relational adjective кози́рний)

  1. (card games) trump (suit which outranks the others)
  2. (card games) trump (card of such suit)
  3. (figuratively) trump (something which gives an advantage)

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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Suits in Ukrainian · масті (masti) (layout · text)
чирва (čyrva) бубна (bubna) вино (vyno) трефа (trefa)

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