koza

See also: Koza, kozą, koža, kòza, kóza, kóža, and koża

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech koza, from Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoza]

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Noun

koza f

1. goat
2. (colloquial) tit (woman's breast)

   Synonym: prs

3. sawhorse

Declension

Declension of koza (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	koza	kozy
genitive	kozy	koz
dative	koze	kozám
accusative	kozu	kozy
vocative	kozo	kozy
locative	koze	kozách
instrumental	kozou	kozami

Derived terms

(adjective):

• kozí

(nouns):

• kozák
• kozel
• kozička
• kozina
• kozlice
• kozlíček
• kozlík
• kozoroh
• Kozoroh
• kozorožec
• kůzlátko
• kůzle

(verbs):

• dělat kozy
• mít kozí nohy

Further reading

• “koza”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “koza”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “koza”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Ladino

Alternative forms

• cosa (obsolete), cośa (Haketía), cozza (Haketía)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cosa (“thing”), from Latin causam (“thing”). Compare Spanish cosa (“thing”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

koza f (Hebrew spelling קוזה)

1. thing [16th c.]
   • 2003, Sefárdica‎^[1], numbers 14–16, Centro de Investigación y Difusión de la Cultura Sefaradí, page 70:

     La primera koza dunke ke se nota en la kuzina djudeo‐espanyola es la manera turka de azer kada día el arroz, ke se kome en grandes kantidades i no manka ni un día en la meza del djudío proveniente del Impero Otomano.

     The first thing noted in the Judaeo‐Spanish kitchen is the Turkish style of making rice daily, which is eaten in great quantities and is never absent for one day from the table of the Jew originating from the Ottoman Empire.

Latgalian

Noun

koza f

1. goat

Ludian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коза (koza).

Noun

koza

1. goat

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkoza/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkoza/

Noun

koza f

1. goat

Declension

Declension of koza (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	koza	kozě	kozy
genitive	kozy	kozú	koz
dative	kozě	kozama	kozám
accusative	kozu	kozě	kozy
vocative	kozo	kozě	kozy
locative	kozě	kozú	kozách
instrumental	kozú	kozama	kozami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: koza

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “koza”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.za/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.za/
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.za/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔza
• Syllabification: ko‧za
• Homophone: Koza

Noun

koza f (diminutive kózka)

1. goat
2. (colloquial, humorous) booger, bogey (piece of solid or semisolid mucus in the nostril)

   Synonyms: babol, gil, glut, smark, śpik

3. (slang) jail, prison
4. any spined loach (Cobitis, especially Cobitis taenia or golden loach)

   Synonym: kózka

5. bagpipes

   Synonyms: dudy, kobza

6. (Near Masovian, windmill construction) tall, strong pine tree with a block on top and rungs for climbing
7. (Kuyavia) piece of land of an irregular shape covered with grain
8. (obsolete) knife used for skinning slaughtered goats and other animals

Declension

Declension of koza

	singular	plural
nominative	koza	kozy
genitive	kozy	kóz
dative	kozie	kozom
accusative	kozę	kozy
instrumental	kozą	kozami
locative	kozie	kozach
vocative	kozo	kozy

Derived terms

(adjective):

• kozi

(nouns):

• koziarz
• kozibród

Related terms

(adjectives):

• kozłowy
• koźli

(nouns):

• kozioł
• koźlak
• koźlątko
• koźlę
• koźlik
• koźlina

Descendants

• → Low Prussian: Koss

Further reading

• koza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• koza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• koza in PWN's encyclopedia
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “koza”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 364
• Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “koza”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 9

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒza/
• Hyphenation: ko‧za

Noun

kòza f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀за, diminutive kòzica, augmentative kozètina, relational adjective kȍzjī)

1. goat

Declension

Declension of koza

	singular	plural
nominative	kòza	koze
genitive	koze	kózā
dative	kozi	kozama
accusative	kozu	koze
vocative	kȍzo	koze
locative	kozi	kozama
instrumental	kozom	kozama

Further reading

• “koza”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔza]

• Audio:

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Noun

koza f (male equivalent cap, relational adjective kozí or kozací or kozový (“vaulting buck”), diminutive kozička, augmentative kozisko)

1. female goat
2. (derogatory) bimbo, airhead (stupid woman)
3. vaulting buck
4. (colloquial) tit, boob

Declension

Declension of koza (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	koza	kozy
genitive	kozy	kôz
dative	koze	kozám
accusative	kozu	kozy
locative	koze	kozách
instrumental	kozou	kozami

Derived terms

(nouns):

• kozľa

Further reading

• “koza”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̀ːza/

Noun

kóza f

1. goat

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	kôza
gen. sing.	kôze
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kôza	kôzi	kôze
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kôze	kôz	kôz
dative (dajȃlnik)	kôzi	kôzama	kôzam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kôzo	kôzi	kôze
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kôzi	kôzah	kôzah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kôzo	kôzama	kôzami

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	kôza
gen. sing.	kozé
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kôza	kozé	kozé
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kozé	kozá	kozá
dative (dajȃlnik)	kôzi	kozáma	kozàm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kozó	kozé	kozé
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kôzi	kozàh	kozàh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kozó	kozáma	kozámi

Further reading

• “koza”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “koza”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔzɑ]
• Hyphenation: ko‧za

Noun

koza (definite accusative kozayı, plural kozalar)

1. cocoon

Declension

Declension of koza

singular plural nominative koza kozalar definite accusative kozayı kozaları dative kozaya kozalara locative kozada kozalarda ablative kozadan kozalardan genitive kozanın kozaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular kozam kozalarım 2nd singular kozan kozaların 3rd singular kozası kozaları 1st plural kozamız kozalarımız 2nd plural kozanız kozalarınız 3rd plural kozaları kozaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular kozamı kozalarımı 2nd singular kozanı kozalarını 3rd singular kozasını kozalarını 1st plural kozamızı kozalarımızı 2nd plural kozanızı kozalarınızı 3rd plural kozalarını kozalarını dative singular plural 1st singular kozama kozalarıma 2nd singular kozana kozalarına 3rd singular kozasına kozalarına 1st plural kozamıza kozalarımıza 2nd plural kozanıza kozalarınıza 3rd plural kozalarına kozalarına locative singular plural 1st singular kozamda kozalarımda 2nd singular kozanda kozalarında 3rd singular kozasında kozalarında 1st plural kozamızda kozalarımızda 2nd plural kozanızda kozalarınızda 3rd plural kozalarında kozalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular kozamdan kozalarımdan 2nd singular kozandan kozalarından 3rd singular kozasından kozalarından 1st plural kozamızdan kozalarımızdan 2nd plural kozanızdan kozalarınızdan 3rd plural kozalarından kozalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular kozamın kozalarımın 2nd singular kozanın kozalarının 3rd singular kozasının kozalarının 1st plural kozamızın kozalarımızın 2nd plural kozanızın kozalarınızın 3rd plural kozalarının kozalarının

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kozà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔza/
• Rhymes: -ɔza
• Hyphenation: ko‧za
• Syllabification: ko‧za

Noun

koza f

1. (zoology) goat

Declension

Declension of koza (feminine hard hissing stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	koza	kozy	kozy
genitive	kozy	kozow	kozow
dative	kozy	kozomaj	kozam, kozom
accusative	kozu	kozy	kozy
instrumental	kozu	kozomaj	kozami, kozymi
locative	kozy	kozomaj	kozach, kozoch
vocative	koza	kozy	kozy

References

• “koza” in Soblex

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коза́ (kozá).

Noun

koza

1. goat

Inflection

Inflection of koza (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	koza
genitive sing.	kozan
partitive sing.	kozad
partitive plur.	kozid
	singular	plural
nominative	koza	kozad
accusative	kozan	kozad
genitive	kozan	koziden
partitive	kozad	kozid
essive-instructive	kozan	kozin
translative	kozaks	kozikš
inessive	kozas	koziš
elative	kozaspäi	kozišpäi
illative	kozaha kozha	kozihe
adessive	kozal	kozil
ablative	kozalpäi	kozilpäi
allative	kozale	kozile
abessive	kozata	kozita
comitative	kozanke	kozidenke
prolative	kozadme	kozidme
approximative I	kozanno	kozidenno
approximative II	kozannoks	kozidennoks
egressive	kozannopäi	kozidennopäi
terminative I	kozahasai kozhasai	kozihesai
terminative II	kozalesai	kozilesai
terminative III	kozassai	—
additive I	kozahapäi kozhapäi	kozihepäi
additive II	kozalepäi	kozilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “коза”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yami

Noun

koza

1. cat