kozel

See also: Kozel, kòzeł, and közel

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kozel, from Proto-Slavic *kozьlъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkozɛl]

Noun

kozel m anim

1. billy goat, he-goat, male goat

   udělat kozla zahradníkem ― fox guarding the henhouse (literally, “to make the goat a gardener”)

Declension

Declension of kozel (hard masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	kozel	kozli, kozlové
genitive	kozla	kozlů
dative	kozlovi, kozlu	kozlům
accusative	kozla	kozly
vocative	kozle	kozli, kozlové
locative	kozlovi, kozlu	kozlech
instrumental	kozlem	kozly

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kozьlъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̀ːzəʋ/

Noun

kózəł m anim

1. goat
2. fool

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.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kôzel
gen. sing.	kôzla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kôzel	kôzla	kôzli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kôzla	kôzlov	kôzlov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kôzlu	kôzloma	kôzlom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kôzla	kôzla	kôzle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kôzlu	kôzlih	kôzlih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kôzlom	kôzloma	kôzli

Further reading

• “kozel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024