# кожух
## Bulgarian
### Alternative forms

* кожу́ф (kožúf) — Belogradchik, Breznik
* ко́жуф (kóžuf) — Drama, Serres; Banat; Vilshanka
* кожу́к (kožúk) — Novo selo, Vidin-Lom

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kožuxъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [koˈʒu̟x]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

кожу́х • (kožúh) m
* fur coat
* fur, pelt, coat
* jacket, mantle, hood, cowl, cowling, cover, sheathing, casing, encasing, case, housing, shell

#### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: غوجوق (gocuk)
** Turkish: gocuk

### References

* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кожух”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 519

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* кожу́хъ (kožúx), ко́жухъ (kóžux) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kožuxъ. By surface analysis, ко́жа (kóža, “leather, skin”) +‎ -ух (-ux).

### Pronunciation

* кожу́х: IPA: [kɐˈʐux]
* ко́жух: IPA: [ˈkoʐʊx] (professional usage)

### Noun

кожу́х or ко́жух$^*$ • (kožúx or kóžux$^*$) m inan (genitive кожуха́ or ко́жуха$^*$, nominative plural кожухи́ or кожуха́$^*$, genitive plural кожухо́в) (* Professional usage.)
* sheepskin coat
** 1832, Николай Гоголь [Nikolai Gogol], Ночь перед Рождеством; English translation from George Tolstoy, transl., The Night of Christmas Eve, 1860:Путеше́ственница отодви́нула потихо́ньку засло́нку погляде́ть, не назва́л ли сын её Ваку́ла в ха́ту госте́й, но уви́девши, что никого́ не бы́ло, выключа́я то́лько мешки́, кото́рые лежа́ли посереди́ ха́ты, вы́лезла из пе́чки, ски́нула тёплый ко́жух, опра́вилась, и никто́ бы не мог узна́ть, что она́ за мину́ту наза́д е́здила на метле́.Putešéstvennica otodvínula potixónʹku zaslónku pogljadétʹ, ne nazvál li syn jejó Vakúla v xátu gostéj, no uvídevši, što nikovó ne býlo, vyključája tólʹko meškí, kotóryje ležáli poseredí xáty, výlezla iz péčki, skínula tjóplyj kóžux, oprávilasʹ, i niktó by ne mog uznátʹ, što oná za minútu nazád jézdila na metlé.The lady traveller first of all noiselessly opened the oven-door a little, to see if her son Vakoola had not brought home some party of friends; but there being nobody in the room, and only some sacks lying in the middle of it on the floor, she crept out of the oven, took off her warm coat, put her dress in order, and was quite tidy in no time, so that nobody could ever possibly have suspected her of having ridden on a besom a minute before.
* casing, housing, jacket of a gun, paddle-box, bonnet, boot, box, cabinet, cage, case, cover, encasement, hood, mantle, sheath, shell, shroud, shrouding

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular. $^*$Professional usage.
* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кожух”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kožuxъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kǒʒux/
* Hyphenation: ко‧жух

### Noun

ко̀жух m (Latin spelling kòžuh)
* sheepskin coat

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see kožuh.

### References

* “кожух”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kožuxъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [koˈʒux]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

кожу́х • (kožúx) m inan (genitive кожу́ха, nominative plural кожу́хи or кожухи́, genitive plural кожу́хів or кожухі́в, relational adjective кожухо́вий or кожуша́ний, diminutive кожу́шок or кожушо́к)
* sheepskin coat
* shell, casing, housing, jacket (e.g. of a gun)

#### Derived terms

* кожуха́р (kožuxár)
* кожуша́нка (kožušánka)
* кожуши́на (kožušýna)

### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кожух”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka