kůl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kul"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kól, from Proto-Slavic *kolъ. Probably connected with *kolti (“to chop”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kálˀtei, originally from Proto-Indo-European *kel-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuːl]
• Hyphenation: kůl

Noun

kůl m inan (diminutive kolík)

1. stake, post (pointed, long, slender piece of wood)

   kůl v plotě ― post of (literally "in") a fence

2. stake (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned)
3. (volleyball, slang) post supporting the net

   Synonym: sloupek

4. (heraldry) pale

Usage notes

• In the past, the declined forms used to have shortened stem (gen. kolu). It was probably abandoned due to its similarity with the forms of kolo.

Declension

Declension of kůl (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kůl	kůly
genitive	kůlu	kůlů
dative	kůlu	kůlům
accusative	kůl	kůly
vocative	kůle	kůly
locative	kůlu	kůlech
instrumental	kůlem	kůly

archaic

Declension of kůl (hard masculine inanimate quant-alt)

	singular	plural
nominative	kůl	koly
genitive	kolu	kolů
dative	kolu	kolům
accusative	kůl	koly
vocative	kole	koly
locative	kolu	kolech
instrumental	kolem	koly

Derived terms

• jako kůl v plotě
• koliště
• kolíček
• kolík
• kůlec
• kůlek
• kůlna
• kůlový

Further reading

• “kůl”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kůl”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kůl”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025