koleno

See also: kóleno

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech koleno, from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkolɛno]
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  • Rhymes: -ɛno
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no

Noun

koleno n

  1. (anatomy) knee (of a human, animal, robot, puppet, etc.)

Declension
Declension of koleno (hard neuter)
singular plural
nominative koleno kolena
genitive kolena, kolene kolen, kolenou
dative kolenu kolenům
accusative koleno kolena
vocative koleno kolena
locative koleně, kolenu, koleni kolenou, kolenech
instrumental kolenem koleny

Noun

koleno n

  1. something similar to a knee:
    1. bend (in a river)
    2. elbow (in a pipe)
  2. generation
    Synonyms: pokolení, generace

Declension
Declension of koleno (hard neuter)
singular plural
nominative koleno kolena
genitive kolena, kolene kolen
dative kolenu kolenům
accusative koleno kolena
vocative koleno kolena
locative koleně, kolenu, koleni kolenech
instrumental kolenem koleny

Derived terms

Further reading
  • koleno in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • koleno in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • koleno in Internetová jazyková příručka

Lower Sorbian

Noun

koleno n inan (diminutive kolenko)

  1. Superseded spelling of kóleno.

Declension
Declension of koleno
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative koleno kolenje kolena
Genitive kolena kolenowu kolenow
Dative kolenoju, kolenu kolenoma kolenam
Accusative koleno kolenje kolena
Instrumental kolenom kolenoma kolenami
Locative kolenje kolenoma kolenach

Derived terms
  • kolenaty
  • koleniś se
  • kolenkowaś

Old Czech

Alternative forms
  • koľeno (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkolɛno/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkolɛno/

Noun

koleno n

  1. knee
    na koleno přivésti ― to bring to the knees
  2. kneecap
  3. generation
  4. (collective) creatures

Declension
original
Declension of koleno (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative koleno koleně kolena
genitive kolena kolenú kolen
dative kolenu kolenoma kolenóm
accusative koleno koleně kolena
vocative koleno koleně kolena
locative koleně, kolenu kolenú koleniech
instrumental kolenem kolenoma koleny
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
later as well
Declension of koleno (n-stem irreg-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative koleno koleně kolena
genitive kolene kolenú kolen
dative koleni kolenoma kolenóm
accusative koleno koleně kolena
vocative koleno koleně kolena
locative koleni kolenú koleniech
instrumental kolenem kolenoma koleny
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Czech: koleno

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kǒleno/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no

Noun

kòleno n (Cyrillic spelling ко̀лено)

  1. knee
  2. joint, bent
  3. knot
  4. knuckle
  5. angle
  6. generation, descent
  7. family, race, house

Declension
Declension of koleno
singular plural
nominative kòleno kolena
genitive kolena kȍlēnā
dative kolenu kolenima
accusative koleno kolena
vocative koleno kolena
locative kolenu kolenima
instrumental kolenom kolenima

References
  • “koleno” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔlenɔ]

Noun

koleno n (genitive singular kolena, nominative plural kolená, genitive plural kolien, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. knee
  2. (archaic) generation

Declension
Declension of koleno
singular plural
nominative koleno kolená
genitive kolena kolien
dative kolenu kolenám
accusative koleno kolená
locative kolene kolenách
instrumental kolenom kolenami

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “koleno”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔlèːnɔ/

Noun

kolẹ́no n

  1. (anatomy) knee

Inflection
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Neuter, hard
nom. sing. koléno
gen. sing. koléna
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 koléno koléni koléna
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 koléna kolén kolén
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 kolénu kolénoma kolénom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 koléno koléni koléna
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 kolénu kolénih kolénih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 kolénom kolénoma koléni

Further reading
  • “koleno”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɔˈlɛnɔ]

Noun

koleno n

  1. knee

Further reading
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