kozák

kozák

See also: kozak and Kozak

Czech

Noun

kozák m

1. Cossack
2. any mushroom of genus Leccinum

Derived terms

• kozáček
• kozácký

Further reading

• kozák in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kozák in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian коза́к (kozák, “Cossack”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *qazāq (“free man, adventurer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkozaːk]
• Hyphenation: ko‧zák
• Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

kozák (plural kozákok)

1. Cossack

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kozák	kozákok
accusative	kozákot	kozákokat
dative	kozáknak	kozákoknak
instrumental	kozákkal	kozákokkal
causal-final	kozákért	kozákokért
translative	kozákká	kozákokká
terminative	kozákig	kozákokig
essive-formal	kozákként	kozákokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kozákban	kozákokban
superessive	kozákon	kozákokon
adessive	kozáknál	kozákoknál
illative	kozákba	kozákokba
sublative	kozákra	kozákokra
allative	kozákhoz	kozákokhoz
elative	kozákból	kozákokból
delative	kozákról	kozákokról
ablative	kozáktól	kozákoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kozáké	kozákoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kozákéi	kozákokéi

Possessive forms of kozák
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kozákom	kozákjaim
2nd person sing.	kozákod	kozákjaid
3rd person sing.	kozákja	kozákjai
1st person plural	kozákunk	kozákjaink
2nd person plural	kozákotok	kozákjaitok
3rd person plural	kozákjuk	kozákjaik

Further reading

• kozák in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Slovak

Etymology 1

koza (“goat”) +‎ -ák, possibly a deteriorative denotation expressing that the mushroom is appropriate rather for animals (goats) than humans.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔzaːk]
• Rhymes: -aːk, -zaːk
• Hyphenation (syllabic): ko‧zák

Noun

kozák m (genitive singular kozáka, nominative plural kozáky, declension pattern of dub)

1. fungus belonging to the genera Leccinum, Leccinellum.

Declension

Declension of kozák

	singular	plural
nominative	kozák	kozáky
genitive	kozáka	kozákov
dative	kozáku	kozákom
accusative	kozák	kozáky
locative	kozáku	kozákoch
instrumental	kozákom	kozákmi

Related terms

• koza
• kozák, křemenáč

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ukrainian коза́к (kozák, “Cossack”), from Proto-Turkic *qazāq (“free man, adventurer”) [2][3], from *qaz- (“to wander”) [4].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔzaːk]
• Rhymes: -aːk, -zaːk
• Hyphenation: ko‧zák

Noun

kozák m (genitive singular kozáka, nominative plural kozáci, declension pattern of chlap)

1. (historical) Cossack
2. (expressive) brave, experienced man

Declension

Declension of kozák

	singular	plural
nominative	kozák	kozáci
genitive	kozáka	kozákov
dative	kozákovi	kozákom
accusative	kozáka	kozákov
locative	kozákovi	kozákoch
instrumental	kozákom	kozákmi

Related terms

• kozáčka f (“Cossack woman, girl”, noun)
• kozácky (“of Cossack, related to Cossacks”, adjective)
• kozáctvo n (“Cossacks”, collective noun)
• starý kozák (“old sweat, old hand, old trooper”)

References

1. Králik, Ľubor (2016), “kozák¹”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA, Jazykovedný ústav ĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 295
2. Králik, Ľubor (2016), “kozák²”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA, Jazykovedný ústav ĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 295
3. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “казак”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
4. Gyarmati Imre (1999), “kazak”, in Fodor István (ed.) A világ nyelvei [The Languages of the Word, in Hungarian], Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, page 693

Further reading

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