козни

Russian

Etymology

Plural of кознь (koznʹ, “intrigue, plot, machination”), further, borrowed from Old Church Slavonic къзнь (kŭznĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kъznь, from *kovati (“to forge”), whence also Old Church Slavonic ковати (kovati, “to forge, to plot”) and Russian кова́ть (kovátʹ, “to forge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkozʲnʲɪ]

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Noun

ко́зни • (kózni) f inan pl (genitive ко́зней, plural only)

1. intrigues, machinations

   Synonyms: интрига (intriga), интри́ги (intrígi), ко́вы (kóvy)

   стро́ить ко́зни ― stróitʹ kózni ― to plot, to intrigue

Declension

Declension of ко́зни (inan pl-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	plural
nominative	ко́зни kózni
genitive	ко́зней kóznej
dative	ко́зням kóznjam
accusative	ко́зни kózni
instrumental	ко́знями kóznjami
prepositional	ко́знях kóznjax

Derived terms

• злоко́зненный (zlokóznennyj)

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: козън (kozǎn)