казак

See also: қазақ

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old East Slavic козак (kozak), from Turkic languages ("free, independent person, an adventurer, a drifter"), cognate to каза́х (kazáx, “Kazakh”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐˈzak]

Noun

каза́к • (kazák) m anim (genitive казака́, nominative plural казаки́ or каза́ки, genitive plural казако́в or каза́ков, feminine каза́чка)

  1. Cossack, cossack

Declension
Declension of каза́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b/d) 
singular plural
nominative каза́к
kazák		 казаки́, каза́ки
kazakí, kazáki
genitive казака́
kazaká		 казако́в, каза́ков
kazakóv, kazákov
dative казаку́
kazakú		 казака́м, каза́кам
kazakám, kazákam
accusative казака́
kazaká		 казако́в, каза́ков
kazakóv, kazákov
instrumental казако́м
kazakóm		 казака́ми, каза́ками
kazakámi, kazákami
prepositional казаке́
kazaké		 казака́х, каза́ках
kazakáx, kazákax
vocative каза́че
kazáče

Derived terms

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “казак”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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