Bulgarian

Noun

коса • ‎(kosá) f

1. (countable) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
2. (countable) corn silk
3. (countable) scythe

Inflection

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔsa/

Noun

коса • ‎(kosa) f

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

See also

• влакно ‎(vlakno)

Russian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈsa]

Noun

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

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

Declension

See also

• серп m ‎(serp)

Etymology 2

From the Xhosa name of the language isiXhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkosə]

Alternative forms

• кхоса ‎(kxosa)

Noun

ко́са • ‎(kósa) m inan ‎(indeclinable)

1. Xhosa

   язы́к ко́са‎ ― jazýk kósa ― the Xhosa language

Synonyms

• исикоса ‎(isikosa)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈsa]

Adjective

коса́ • ‎(kosá)

1. short feminine singular of косо́й ‎(kosój)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kosa (Russian коса́ ‎(kosá), Polish kosa); compare Lithuanian kasa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ко̀са f ‎(Latin spelling kòsa)

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

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kosa (Russian коса́ ‎(kosá), Polish kosa); compare Lithuanian kasti.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ко̀са f ‎(Latin spelling kòsa)

1. scythe

Declension

Etymology 3

From ко̑с.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ко̀са f ‎(Latin spelling kòsa)

1. slope, declivity

Declension

References

• “коса” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “коса” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “коса” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Declension

References

• Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), “коса”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka