кост

Bulgarian

кост

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kostь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔst]

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Noun

кост • (kost) f

1. (anatomy) bone

Declension

Declension of кост

	singular	plural
indefinite	кост kost	ко́сти kósti
definite	костта́ kosttá	ко́стите kóstite

Derived terms

nouns

• кости́лка (kostílka)
• кости́ца (kostíca)
• ко́стка (kóstka) (dialectal)
• косту́р (kostúr)

adjectives

• коста́т (kostát)
• косте́лив (kostéliv)
• ко́стен (kósten)

References

• “кост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “кост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “кость”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 402
• “кость”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Anagrams

• скот (skot)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kostь, from Proto-Indo-European *kost-, compare *h₃ost-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôːst/

Noun

ко̑ст f (Latin spelling kȏst)

1. bone

Declension

Declension of кост

	singular	plural
nominative	ко̑ст	ко̏сти
genitive	кости	ко̀стијӯ
dative	кости	костима
accusative	кост	кости
vocative	кости	кости
locative	кости	костима
instrumental	ко̏шћу	костима

Further reading

• “кост”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Pero Budmani, editor (1898–1903), “kȏst”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[2] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 368