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Etymology

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косо́й (kosój)-я́к (-ják).

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  • IPA(key): [kɐˈsʲak]
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кося́к (kosjákm inan (genitive косяка́, nominative plural косяки́, genitive plural косяко́в, diminutive косячо́к)

  1. (construction) jamb, cant, cheek, door-post
  2. a V-shaped flock (of flying birds)
    Synonym: клин (klin)
  3. shoal, school (of fish)
  4. (rare) a horse herd with one stallion
    Synonym: гурт (gurt)
  5. (slang) joint, a marijuana cigarette
  6. (slang) fault, mistake

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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ко́сий (kósyj)-я́к (-ják).

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кося́к (kosjákm inan (genitive косяка́, nominative plural косяки́, genitive plural косякі́в, diminutive косячо́к)

  1. (construction) jamb, cant, cheek, door-post
  2. (colloquial) a disapproving, distrustful look/glance
  3. (slang) joint, a marijuana cigarette

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кося́к (kosjákm inan (genitive косяку́, nominative plural косяки́, genitive plural косякі́в, diminutive косячо́к)

  1. shoal, school (of fish)
  2. (rare) flock

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References

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  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “косяк”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN