колено

See also: кољено

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔlɛnɔ]

• Audio:

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Noun

колено • (koleno) n (plural колена, diminutive коленце)

1. knee
2. phylum
3. generation, descent

Declension

Declension of колено

	singular	plural
indefinite	колено (koleno)	колена (kolena)
definite unspecified	коленото (kolenoto)	колената (kolenata)
definite proximal	коленово (kolenovo)	коленава (kolenava)
definite distal	коленоно (kolenono)	коленана (kolenana)
vocative	колено (koleno)	колена (kolena)

Russian

Alternative forms

• колѣ́но (kolě́no) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic колѣно (kolěno), from Proto-Slavic *kolěno. Cognate with Ukrainian коліно (kolino), Bulgarian коляно (koljano), Slovene koléno, Czech koleno, Polish kolano; compare Lithuanian kelis (“knee”), Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “member of the body”), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend, crooked”). Or from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn, wheel”), according to Pokorny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈlʲenə]

• Audio:

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Noun

коле́но • (koléno) n inan (genitive коле́на, nominative plural коле́ни, genitive plural коле́ней, relational adjective коле́нный, diminutive коле́нка)

1. (anatomy) knee
2. (in the plural) lap

Usage notes

The irregular plural of this sense of the word is due to the fact that the ending -и was an old neuter dual form.

Declension

Declension of коле́но (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	коле́но koléno	коле́ни△ koléni△
genitive	коле́на koléna	коле́ней△ kolénej△
dative	коле́ну kolénu	коле́ням△ kolénjam△
accusative	коле́но koléno	коле́ни△ koléni△
instrumental	коле́ном kolénom	коле́нями△ kolénjami△
prepositional	коле́не koléne	коле́нях△ kolénjax△

^△ Irregular.

Derived terms

• коленопреклоне́ние (kolenopreklonénije)
• коленопреклонённый (kolenopreklonjónnyj)

Noun

коле́но • (koléno) n inan (genitive коле́на, nominative plural коле́на, genitive plural коле́н)

1. bend (in a river, etc.)
2. (music) figure, part, passage, turn (in music or dance)
3. generation, branch
4. (biblical) tribe

   коле́но Да́ново ― koléno Dánovo ― the tribe of Dan

Declension

Declension of коле́но (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	коле́но koléno	коле́на koléna
genitive	коле́на koléna	коле́н kolén
dative	коле́ну kolénu	коле́нам kolénam
accusative	коле́но koléno	коле́на koléna
instrumental	коле́ном kolénom	коле́нами kolénami
prepositional	коле́не koléne	коле́нах kolénax

Noun

коле́но • (koléno) n inan (genitive коле́на, nominative plural коле́нья, genitive plural коле́ньев)

1. (engineering) joint, elbow, crank (pipes, tubing, rods)
2. (botany) joint, node

Usage notes

The irregular plural of this sense of the word was originally a collective form.

Declension

Declension of коле́но (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	коле́но koléno	коле́нья△ kolénʹja△
genitive	коле́на koléna	коле́ньев△ kolénʹjev△
dative	коле́ну kolénu	коле́ньям△ kolénʹjam△
accusative	коле́но koléno	коле́нья△ kolénʹja△
instrumental	коле́ном kolénom	коле́ньями△ kolénʹjami△
prepositional	коле́не koléne	коле́ньях△ kolénʹjax△

^△ Irregular.

References

• Isačenko, A. V. (1954‒1965) Грамматический строй русского языка в сопоставлении с словацким: Морфология: I‒II [Grammatical Structure of the Russian Language in Comparison to Slovak. Morphology. Pr. 1 & 2] (in Russian), Bratislava: Slovak Academy of Sciences; ‎^[1]2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Сultures, 2003, →ISBN, page 79

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ко̀љено (Ijekavian)
• kolino (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒleno/
• Hyphenation: ко‧ле‧но

Noun

ко̀лено n (Latin spelling kòleno)

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

Declension

Declension of колено

	singular	plural
nominative	ко̀лено	колена
genitive	колена	ко̏ле̄на̄
dative	колену	коленима
accusative	колено	колена
vocative	колено	колена
locative	колену	коленима
instrumental	коленом	коленима

References

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