kosmъ

kosmъ Grammatical information: m. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `tuft, lock of hair'

Page in Trubačev: XI 145-147

Church Slavic:

kosmъ (RuCS) `hair, lock of hair' [m o]

Russian:

kósmy `locks, mane' [Nompm o]

Czech:

kosm (Jungmann) `tuft, lock of hair' [m o];

kosma (obs., poet.) `tuft, lock of hair' [f ā]

Polish:

kosm `tuft, lock of hair' [m o]

Slovene:

kósǝm `tuft, flake' [m o]

Bulgarian:

kósăm `hair, fibre, colour of animal's hair or coat' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: kos-mo-

Page in Pokorny: 585

Other cognates:

OIc. haddr `hair (of a woman)'