Kossuth (surname)
 Kossuth crest | |
| Pronunciation | Hungarian: [ˈkoʃut] |
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| Language(s) | Hungarian, Slovak, Polish |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Slavic languages |
| Derivation | ko- + šutý |
| Meaning | 'hornless animal', 'doe', 'roe deer' |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Kosut (phonetic respelling) |
| Variant form(s) | Kossut, Kosuth, Košút |
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Kossuth and its variations are surnames of Slavic origin. Ko- is a prefix that provides emphasis to the root šutý, meaning 'hornless'.
In Slovak, košuta or košút can also mean 'a castrated goat', 'a somersault', or, in dialect, 'a bossy person'.[2]
Notable people with this surname include
- Ferenc Kossuth (1841–1914), Hungarian civil engineer and politician
- Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894), Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician, and Governor-President of Hungary in 1849
- Małgorzata Kossut, Polish neuroscientist
- Joseph Kosuth (born 1945), American conceptual artist
- Juraj Košút (1776–1849), Slovak nobleman and lawyer from the Kingdom of Hungary who supported the Slovak national movement
- Marek Košút, Slovak football striker
- Tomáš Košút (born 1990), Slovak football defender
References
[edit]- ^ Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf; Mangold, Max (2023). Duden: das Aussprachewörterbuch (in German). Vol. 6 (8 ed.). Berlin: Cornelsen. ISBN 978-3-411-04068-1.
- ^ Krajčovič, Rudolf (2010). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest (24)" (PDF). Kultúra slova (in Slovak) (6). Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej: 343.
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