kozak

See also: Kozak and kozák

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French cosaque, from Russian каза́к (kazák) and Ukrainian коза́к (kozák), from a Turkic word meaning “free man, wanderer”. Cognate with Kazakh.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ko‧zak

Noun

kozak m (plural kozakken, diminutive kozakje n)

  1. Cossack

Polish
kozak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian коза́к (kozák), from Old East Slavic козакъ (kozakŭ), from Turkic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.zak/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔzak
  • Syllabification: ko‧zak

Noun

kozak m pers (diminutive kozaczek, feminine kozaczka)

  1. Cossack (member of a Cossack military unit)
  2. (slang) badass (belligerent person)

Declension
Declension of kozak
singular plural
nominative kozak kozacy/kozaki (depreciative)
genitive kozaka kozaków
dative kozakowi kozakom
accusative kozaka kozaków
instrumental kozakiem kozakami
locative kozaku kozakach
vocative kozaku kozacy
  • kazaczok

Noun

kozak m inan

  1. knee-high boot
  2. (obsolete) a fungus of the genus Leccinum
    Synonym: koźlarz

Declension
Declension of kozak
singular plural
nominative kozak kozaki
genitive kozaku kozaków
dative kozakowi kozakom
accusative kozak kozaki
instrumental kozakiem kozakami
locative kozaku kozakach
vocative kozaku kozaki

Further reading
  • kozak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kozak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kǒzaːk/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧zak

Noun

kòzāk m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀за̄к)

  1. Cossack

Declension
Declension of kozak
singular plural
nominative kozak kozaci
genitive kozaka kozaka
dative kozaku kozacima
accusative kozaka kozake
vocative kozače kozaci
locative kozaku kozacima
instrumental kozakom kozacima

Derived terms
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