# кот
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* kot — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kotъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kot]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ot

### Noun

кот • (kot) m animal (genitive ката́, nominative plural каты́, genitive plural като́ў, relational adjective каці́ны, diminutive ко́цік or като́к)
* cat, tomcat

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### See also

* кошка (kóška)
* кацяня́ (kacjanjá) / кацянё (kacjanjó)

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɔt]
* Hyphenation: кот
* Homophone: код (kod)

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

кот • (kot) m (uncountable)
* animal progeny, animal offspring (as a group)
* (figurative, derogatory) bastard (a contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person)
    Synonyms: ни́каквец (níkakvec), ко́пиле (kópile), гад (gad), и́зрод (ízrod)

##### Derived terms

* накот m (nakot)

##### Related terms

* коти (koti)
* накоти (nakoti)
* накотува (nakotuva)
* окоти (okoti)
* окотува (okotuva)
* се коти (se koti)
* се накоти (se nakoti)
* се накотува (se nakotuva)
* се окоти (se okoti)
* се окотува (se okotuva)

#### See also

* скот m (skot)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Interjection

кот! • (kot!)
* used to summon poultry

#### See also

* гуска f (guska)
* кокошка f (kokoška)
* мисирка f (misirka)
* пајка f (pajka)
* патка f (patka)
* шатка f (šatka)

### References

* “кот” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
* “кот” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak *kot, from Proto-Slavic *kotъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔt]
* Rhymes: -ɔt
* Hyphenation: кот
* Homophone: код (kod)

### Noun

кот (kot) m anim
* (dialectal, Bikić) Synonym of кандур (kandur): tomcat
    Hypernym: мачка (mačka)

#### Declension
### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “кот”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* котъ (kot) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic котъ (kotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kotъ.
Should be separated from коти́ться (kotítʹsja) (related to око́т (okót), catulus), the connection with this word is secondary.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kot]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: код (kod)
* Rhymes: -ot

### Noun

кот • (kot) m anim (genitive кота́, nominative plural коты́, genitive plural кото́в, feminine ко́шка, relational adjective коша́чий, diminutive ко́тик or кото́к, augmentative коти́ще or котя́ра, pejorative коша́к)
* tomcat
    кот в сапога́х ― kot v sapogáx ― Puss in Boots
    кот наплакал ― kot naplakal ― nothing to speak of (next to nothing)
    Не всё коту́ ма́сленица, придёт и вели́кий пост.Ne vsjo kotú máslenica, pridjót i velíkij post.All good things must come to an end; You have to take the rough with the smooth.
    купи́ть кота́ в мешке́ ― kupítʹ kotá v mešké ― to buy a pig in a poke

#### Derived terms

* котёнок m anim (kotjónok)
* ко́тик m anim or m inan (kótik)
* котофе́й m anim (kotoféj)
* ко́тя m anim (kótja), коте́йка m anim (kotéjka)
* Субко́та (Subkóta)

##### Phrases

* кот напла́кал (kot naplákal)

##### Proverbs

* кот из до́ма – мы́ши в пляс (kot iz dóma – mýši v pljas)

#### Related terms

* ко́шка f anim or f inan (kóška)
** ко́шечка f anim (kóšečka)
** коша́тник m anim or m inan (košátnik)

#### See also

* коти́ться impf (kotítʹsja), окоти́ться pf (okotítʹsja)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “котиться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “кот”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 435

### Further reading

* Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “кот”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

### Anagrams

* кто (kto), ток (tok)