козёл
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- goat, he-goat, billygoat
- (slang) idiot, blockhead; jerk, bastard, ass
- (criminal) an inmate who is an informer and collaborates with authorities
- (criminal) homosexual usually passive
- (colloquial) game of dominoes
- (gymnastics) buck, a leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic козьлъ inherited from Proto-Slavic *kozьlъ (he-goat), *koza (she-goat) + Proto-Slavic *-ьlъ.
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*-ьlъ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- коза Russian
- козлище Russian
- козлоногий Russian
- козлёнок Russian
- нога́ Russian
- koza Polish
- kozioł Polish
- *-ьlъ Proto-Slavic
- *koza Proto-Slavic
- *kozьlъ Proto-Slavic
- koza Czech
- kozel Czech
- koza Serbo-Croatian
- коза Serbo-Croatian
- kaza Latvian
- kazlēns Latvian
- коза Bulgarian
- козел Bulgarian
- коза Macedonian
- коза Ukrainian
- koza Slovak
- kozol Slovak
- каза Belarusian
- казёл Belarusian
- koza Slovene
- kozel Slovene
- коза Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- козьлъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- козьлѧ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- козьлъ Old East Slavic
- kóza Lower Sorbian
- kózoł Lower Sorbian
- koza Upper Sorbian
- kòza Kashubian
- kòzeł Kashubian