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коса́

fairly common #4710C2
nounfeminineinanimatecountable
  • 1.

    braid (of hair), plait, pigtail

    У неё дли́нная коса́.

    She has a long braid.

  • 2.

    scythe

    Он то́чит косу́ пе́ред рабо́той.

    He sharpens the scythe before work.

  • 3.

    spit (of land), sandbargeography

    Песча́ная коса́ уходи́ла далеко́ в мо́ре.

    The sandy spit stretched far out into the sea.

  • 4.

    (rareXhosa (people)ethnography

    Коса́ живу́т в Ю́жной А́фрике.

    The Xhosa live in South Africa.

    Indeclinable in this sense.

  • 5.

    (rareXhosa (language)linguistics

    Он говори́т на языке́ коса́.

    He speaks Xhosa.

    Indeclinable in this sense.

Examples

Declension

⚠️ Stress change.

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

коса́

ко́сы

Gen.Genitive

косы́

ко́с

Dat.Dative

косе́

ко́сам

Acc.Accusative

косу́

ко́сы

Inst.Instrumental

косо́й

косо́ю

ко́сами

Prep.Prepositional

косе́

ко́сах

Word familyкоса́PRO

  • коса́braid (of hair); scythe; spit (of land); Xhosa (people); Xhosa (language)
    nounfeminine

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • Тостада edited translation 1 year ago.
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  • luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.