косо
See also: Appendix:Variations of "koso"
Bulgarian
Etymology
From кос (kos, “oblique, slanting”) + -о (-o).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɔso]
- Rhymes: -ɔso
- Syllabification(key): ко‧со
Adverb
ко́со • (kóso) (comparative по́-ко́со, superlative на́й-ко́со)
- obliquely, slantwise, at an angle
- Слъ́нцето гре́е все по-ко́со.
- Slǎ́nceto grée vse po-kóso.
- The sun shines ever more obliquely.
- diagonally
- Уда́риха ко́со по ребро́то на хъ́лма.
- Udáriha kóso po rebróto na hǎ́lma.
- They struck diagonally across the ridge of the hill.
- sideways (from the side)
- Улицата бе́ше осве́тена ко́со от бли́зката фа́кла.
- Ulicata béše osvétena kóso ot blízkata fákla.
- Τhe street was lit from the side by a nearby torch.
- (with погле́ждам (pogléždam)) askance (out of the corner of one's eye)
- Ли́за го погле́дна ко́со и изсъ́ска сърди́то.
- Líza go poglédna kóso i izsǎ́ska sǎrdíto.
- Lisa looked at him askance and hissed angrily.
Related terms
- кос (kos)
References
- “косо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “косо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “косо”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɔsɔ]
Adverb
косо • (koso) (comparative покосо, superlative најкосо)
Russian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkosə]
Audio: (file)
Adverb
ко́со • (kóso)
Adjective
ко́со • (kóso)
- short neuter singular of косо́й (kosój)