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

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• Hyphenation: ko‧zak

Noun

kozak m (plural kozakken, diminutive kozakje n)

1. Cossack

Polish

kozak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.zak/

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• Rhymes: -ɔzak
• Syllabification: ko‧zak

Etymology 1

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

Noun

kozak m pers (female equivalent kozaczka, diminutive kozaczek)

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

Declension

Declension of kozak

	singular	plural
nominative	kozak	kozacy/kozaki (deprecative)
genitive	kozaka	kozaków
dative	kozakowi	kozakom
accusative	kozaka	kozaków
instrumental	kozakiem	kozakami
locative	kozaku	kozakach
vocative	kozaku	kozacy

Related terms

• kazaczok

 

Noun

kozak m inan

1. knee-high boot

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

Etymology 2

From koza (“goat”) +‎ -ak.

Noun

kozak m inan

1. (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

• kòzāčkī