колея

Russian

Alternative forms

• колѣя́ (kolějá) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěja. Related to *kolo. Cognate with Bulgarian коловоз (kolovoz), Czech kolej, Polish koleina, Serbo-Croatian колотраг.

Compare typologically Galician rodeira, rodal, rodada, rilleira, Spanish rodera (<… Latin rota).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəlʲɪˈja]

• Audio:

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Noun

колея́ • (kolejá) f inan (genitive колеи́, nominative plural колеи́, genitive plural коле́й, relational adjective коле́йный)

1. (automotive) rut (mark of wheels on the ground)
2. (rail transport) gauge (the distance between the rails of a line of railway track)

Declension

Declension of колея́ (inan fem-form vowel-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	колея́ kolejá	колеи́ koleí
genitive	колеи́ koleí	коле́й koléj
dative	колее́ kolejé	колея́м kolejám
accusative	колею́ kolejú	колеи́ koleí
instrumental	колеёй, колеёю kolejój, kolejóju	колея́ми kolejámi
prepositional	колее́ kolejé	колея́х kolejáx

Derived terms

• узкоколе́йка f (uzkokoléjka)
• Suffixed with -колея́ (kolejá) + -ный (-nyj):
  • Counted

    • двухколе́йный (dvuxkoléjnyj)
    • многоколе́йный (mnogokoléjnyj)
    • одноколе́йный (odnokoléjnyj)
  • узкоколе́йный (uzkokoléjnyj)
  • ширококоле́йный (širokokoléjnyj)

Compounds:

• своя́ колея́ f (svojá kolejá)
• From коле́йный (koléjnyj):
  • коле́йный мост m (koléjnyj most)

Related terms

• колесо́ n (kolesó)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “колея”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “колея”, 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 412

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “колея”, 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.
  • See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “колесо”, 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.