"kossa" meaning in Swedish

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Noun

Etymology: From Old Norse kussa (“cow”). Cognate with Icelandic kusa (“cow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|non|kussa|t=cow}} Old Norse kussa (“cow”), {{cog|is|kusa|t=cow}} Icelandic kusa (“cow”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} kossa c, {{sv-noun|c}} kossa c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-or}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], kossa [indefinite, nominative, singular], kossas [genitive, indefinite, singular], kossan [definite, nominative, singular], kossans [definite, genitive, singular], kossor [indefinite, nominative, plural], kossors [genitive, indefinite, plural], kossorna [definite, nominative, plural], kossornas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (colloquial, often endearing) a cow Tags: colloquial, common-gender, endearing, often Synonyms: ko
    Sense id: en-kossa-sv-noun-sv:animal
  2. (derogatory) a cow (despicable woman) Tags: common-gender, derogatory
    Sense id: en-kossa-sv-noun-U57mbR32
  3. (derogatory) a cow (fat person) Tags: common-gender, derogatory
    Sense id: en-kossa-sv-noun-Yjbayk7E Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 33 33 6 6 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 41 3 3 12 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 87

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kussa",
        "t": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kussa (“cow”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "kusa",
        "t": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic kusa (“cow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kussa (“cow”). Cognate with Icelandic kusa (“cow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-or",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossorna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kossa c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "kossa c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-or"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The cow says moo",
          "text": "Kossan säger mu",
          "translation": "The cow says moo",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "a cow"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "senseid": [
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ko"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender",
        "endearing",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "a cow (despicable woman)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kossa-sv-noun-U57mbR32",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) a cow (despicable woman)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "derogatory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 6 6 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 41 3 3 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a cow (fat person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kossa-sv-noun-Yjbayk7E",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) a cow (fat person)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kossa"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kussa",
        "t": "cow"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "kusa",
        "t": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic kusa (“cow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kussa (“cow”). Cognate with Icelandic kusa (“cow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-or",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossorna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kossornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kossa c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "kossa c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-or"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Swedish colloquialisms",
        "Swedish endearing terms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              0,
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            ]
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            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The cow says moo",
          "text": "Kossan säger mu",
          "translation": "The cow says moo",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a cow"
      ],
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          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ]
      ],
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        "(colloquial, often endearing) a cow"
      ],
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ko"
        }
      ],
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        "common-gender",
        "endearing",
        "often"
      ]
    },
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        "Swedish derogatory terms"
      ],
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        "a cow (despicable woman)"
      ],
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        ],
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          "cow",
          "cow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) a cow (despicable woman)"
      ],
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        "common-gender",
        "derogatory"
      ]
    },
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        "Swedish derogatory terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a cow (fat person)"
      ],
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          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ]
      ],
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        "(derogatory) a cow (fat person)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kossa"
}

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