kosa

• IPA^(key): [ˈkosa]
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

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

kosa f

1. scythe
2. (colloquial) cold temperature

   Synonyms: kláda, zima, mráz

   Antonyms: hic, vedro, horko

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kosa m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of kos

• kosa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kosa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• kosa in Internetová jazyková příručka

From koso +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkosa]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

kosa (accusative singular kosan, plural kosaj, accusative plural kosajn)

1. Xhosan
2. (la kosa) Clipping of la kosa lingvo (“the Xhosa language”).

From Portuguese coçar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kosa.

kosa

1. to scratch

From Portuguese coçar.

kosa

1. to scratch

kosa f (Latin spelling)

1. thing

kosa f (4th declension)

1. horsetail

-kosa (infinitive kokosa)

1. to scrape, to scratch
2. to itch
3. to rub

• -kósa

kosa

1. Superseded spelling of kósa.

• koset
• koste (simple past)
• kost (past participle)

kosa

1. inflection of kose:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

• kose

From German liebkosen, kosen.

• IPA^(key): /kuːsa/

kosa (present tense kosar/koser, past tense kosa/koste, past participle kosa/kost, passive infinitive kosast, present participle kosande, imperative kosa/kos)

1. (takes pronoun in objective case) to enjoy

   No kosar me oss.

   We are enjoying ourselves now.

2. to snuggle

• “kosa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Cognate with Sanskrit कोश (kośa, “container”), but that shows signs of being a borrowing from some sibilant-merging Prakrit. Probably inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *koṣa.

kosa m or n

1. container, wrapper
   1. storehouse, storeroom
   2. sheath
   3. foreskin

As a masculine noun, the declension is:

As a neuter noun, the nominative, vocative and accusative have a different set of forms:

Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “kosa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: ko‧sa

Inherited from Old Polish kosa, from Proto-Slavic *kosa. First attested in 1394.[1]

kosa f

1. scythe
2. (dated) braid
3. (geography) spit that extends into the deep sea, instead of closing off a lagoon

   Synonym: szpyrk

4. (slang) knife, shank

Examples of landforms in sense #3 are the Farewell Spit in New Zealand and the Hel Peninsula in Poland.

• sierp

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kosa m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of kos

kosa

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of kosy

• kosa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kosa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

• IPA^(key): /kǒsa/
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

1. hair (of a person, on the head)

• šišati (to cut hair)
• dlaka

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

• IPA^(key): /kǒsa/
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

1. scythe

From kȏs.

• IPA^(key): /kǒsa/
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

1. slope, declivity
2. a mountain spur; a smaller ridge branching off from a mountain range

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kosa

1. inflection of kos:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

kosa (Cyrillic spelling коса)

1. genitive/accusative singular of kos

• “kosa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “kosa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “kosa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Čolović, Gvozden R. (1969) Vojna topografija, Beograd: Vojnogeografski institut

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔsa/

kosa f (genitive singular kosy, nominative plural kosy, genitive plural kôs, declension pattern of žena)

1. scythe
2. (slang) cold, low temperature

• kosička
• kosisko

• kosa in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

• Audio (Kenya)

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kosa (ma class, plural makosa)

1. fault

-kosa (infinitive kukosa)

1. to do wrong
2. to lack, be deficient (in)

• Nominal derivations:
  • ukosefu (“shortage, lack”)

From French course, similar to Dutch koers.

kosa c

1. (in some expressions) course

   Jag styrde kosan mot baren

   I steered the course towards the bar (journeyed towards the bar)

• kos

• kosa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kosa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)