коса

• IPA^(key): [koˈsa]

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From Proto-Slavic *kosa (“hair”).

коса́ • (kosá) f (relational adjective коса́т, diminutive коси́ца or коси́чка)

1. (countable) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

   дъ́лга коса́ ― dǎ́lga kosá ― long hair

   къ́са коса́ ― kǎ́sa kosá ― short hair

2. (countable) corn silk

   Synonym: реса́ (resá)

3. (by extension) spit (geological formation)

   пя́съчна коса́ ― pjásǎčna kosá ― sandspit

• Although technically countable, this word is almost always used uncountably to refer to a person's entire head of hair, e.g. моята коса ― mojata kosa ― my hair.
• In the plural, it takes the form коси́ (kosí), accentuating the individuality of the hairs or their number: Помня косите ѝ. ― Pomnja kosite ì. ― I remember her hairs.

• косо- (koso-)
  • косопа́д (kosopád, “hair loss”)
• -кос (-kos)
  • светлоко́с (svetlokós, “light-haired”)
  • тъмноко́с (tǎmnokós, “dark-haired”)
  • белоко́с (belokós, “white-haired, with hoary hair”)
  • русоко́с (rusokós, “blond-haired”)
  • червеноко́с (červenokós, “ginger-haired”)
  • черноко́с (černokós, “black-haired”)
• ко́съм (kósǎm, “fiber of hair”)
• коса́к (kosák, “person with pretty hair”) (dialectal)
• коси́ще (kosíšte, “overgrown, rampant hair”) (augmentative)

• “коса¹ (hair)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “коса³ (spit)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “коса¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Сечиво коса

From Proto-Slavic *kosa (“scythe”).

коса́ • (kosá) f (diminutive коси́ца)

1. (countable) scythe

• кося́ (kosjá, “to mow, to reap”)
  • коса́ч (kosáč, “reaper”)
• коса́т (kosát, “oryx”) (dialectal)
  • коса́тка (kosátka, “killer whale”)

• кос (kos, “skew”)

• “коса²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “коса²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• сако (sako)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔsa]

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• Rhymes: -ɔsa

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

коса • (kosa) f (plural коси, diminutive косичка or косиче, augmentative косиште)

1. hair (collective) (growth on head)
2. scythe

• косма f (kosma), влакно n (vlakno), влас f (vlas)
• сор m (sor), косор m (kosor), косир m (kosir), срп m (srp)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

коса • (kosa)

1. count plural of кос m (kos, “blackbird”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

коса • (kosa)

1. indefinite feminine singular of кос (kos)

• оска (oska), сако (sako)

From Proto-Slavic *kosà.

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /kɔˈsɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /kɔˈsa/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /kɔˈsa/
• Hyphenation: ко‧са

коса (kosa) f

1. braid
2. scythe

• Belarusian: каса́ (kasá)
• Russian: коса́ (kosá)
  • → Kildin Sami: коассь (kåss’)
• Ukrainian: коса́ (kosá)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “коса”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1294

Inherited from Old East Slavic коса (kosa), from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈsa]

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коса́ • (kosá) f inan (genitive косы́, nominative plural ко́сы, genitive plural кос, diminutive коси́чка)

1. plait, tress, braid, pigtail, queue
2. scythe
3. sandbank, (river) bank, spit (small point of land jutting into the sea)

• → Ingrian: kassa
• → Kildin Sami: коассь (kåss’, “plait”), ко̄сс (kōss, “scythe”)

• серп m (serp)

From the Xhosa name of the language isiXhosa.

• кхоса (kxosa)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkosə]

ко́са • (kósa) m inan (indeclinable)

1. Xhosa

   Synonym: исикоса (isikosa)

   язы́к ко́са ― jazýk kósa ― the Xhosa language

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈsa]

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коса́ • (kosá)

1. short feminine singular of косо́й (kosój)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

• IPA^(key): /kǒsa/
• Hyphenation: ко‧са

ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

• IPA^(key): /kǒsa/
• Hyphenation: ко‧са

ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

1. scythe

From ко̑с.

• IPA^(key): /kǒsa/
• Hyphenation: ко‧са

ко̀са f (Latin spelling kòsa)

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

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

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

• IPA^(key): [kɔˈsa]

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коса́ • (kosá) f inan (genitive коси́, nominative plural ко́си, genitive plural кіс)

1. braided hair
2. scythe
3. (dialectal) spleen, pancreas
4. (dialectal) tendon

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “коса”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “коса”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)