kozub

See also: Kozub

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkozup]

Etymology 1

Noun

kozub m inan

1. (dialectal, architecture) conical ornament (in the gable of a building)

   Synonyms: kabřinec, kukla, hálka

Declension

Declension of kozub (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kozub	kozuby
genitive	kozubu	kozubů
dative	kozubu	kozubům
accusative	kozub	kozuby
vocative	kozube	kozuby
locative	kozubu	kozubech
instrumental	kozubem	kozuby

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Slovak kozub.

Noun

kozub m inan

1. (dialectal) fireplace, hearth

   Synonym: ohniště

Declension

Declension of kozub (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kozub	kozuby
genitive	kozubu	kozubů
dative	kozubu	kozubům
accusative	kozub	kozuby
vocative	kozube	kozuby
locative	kozubu	kozubech
instrumental	kozubem	kozuby

Further reading

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.zup/
• Rhymes: -ɔzup
• Syllabification: ko‧zub
• Homophone: Kozub

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• kozuba

Noun

kozub m animal (diminutive kozubek)

1. (construction) saddle (element formed by the intersection of a cradle vault over a square room on the diagonals; it has the shape of a spherical triangle and rests at three points)

   Synonym: siodełko

2. (obsolete) punnet (small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries)

   Synonym: łubianka

Declension

Declension of kozub

	singular	plural
nominative	kozub	kozuby
genitive	kozuba	kozubów
dative	kozubowi	kozubom
accusative	kozuba	kozuby
instrumental	kozubem	kozubami
locative	kozubie	kozubach
vocative	kozubie	kozuby

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kozub f

1. genitive plural of kozuba

Further reading

• kozub in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Silesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.zup/
• Rhymes: -ɔzup
• Syllabification: ko‧zub

Noun

kozub m animal

1. old goat

Further reading

• Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “kozub”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 144

Slovak

Etymology

Unclear. Probably inherited from Proto-Slavic *kozobъ (“basket for fodder”) formed from *ko- + *zobъ (“peck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔzup]

Noun

kozub m inan (relational adjective kozubový)

1. fireplace, hearth

Declension

Declension of kozub (pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	kozub	kozuby
genitive	kozuba	kozubov
dative	kozubu	kozubom
accusative	kozub	kozuby
locative	kozube	kozuboch
instrumental	kozubom	kozubmi

Further reading

• “kozub”, 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