kolej

See also: kolèj

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolɛj]

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• Hyphenation: ko‧lej

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech kolejě, from Proto-Slavic *kolěja.

Noun

kolej f (diminutive kolejka)

1. rut, track, groove
2. railway track

Declension

Declension of kolej (soft zero-ending feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	kolej	koleje
genitive	koleje	kolejí
dative	koleji	kolejím
accusative	kolej	koleje
vocative	koleji	koleje
locative	koleji	kolejích
instrumental	kolejí	kolejemi

Related terms

• kolejiště n
• kolejnice f
• vykolejit

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin collēgium.

Noun

kolej f

1. hall of residence

Declension

Declension of kolej (soft zero-ending feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	kolej	koleje
genitive	koleje	kolejí
dative	koleji	kolejím
accusative	kolej	koleje
vocative	koleji	koleje
locative	koleji	kolejích
instrumental	kolejí	kolejemi

Further reading

• “kolej”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kolej”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kolej”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Polish

Alternative forms

• kolij, koli (Middle Polish)
• koleja (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Slavic *kolo

Proto-Slavic *-ěja

Proto-Slavic *kolěja

Old Polish koleja

Polish kolej

Inherited from Old Polish koleja with an unexpected loss of -a.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.lɛj/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.lɛj/, /ˈkɔ.lej/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɛj
• Syllabification: ko‧lej

Noun

kolej f (related adjective kolejowy)

1. (countable) rail, railway (transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods)

   Synonyms: kolej żelazna, droga żelazna

2. (countable) rail, railway (enterprise dealing with rail transportation)

   Polskie Koleje Państwowe ― Polish State Railways

3. (countable) train (vehicle that moves on rails)

   Synonym: pociąg

4. (countable) rail (route designated by tracks)
5. (countable) rail, railway (wagons or lifts placed on a rope or tracks that lead to a mountain peak)
6. (uncountable) turn (appropriate time for a person to take an action i.e. in a game) [with na (+ accusative) ‘for whom/what’]

   Near-synonym: pora

   Jest twoja kolej. ― It's your turn.

7. (chiefly in the plural) order (natural sequence of events)

   Near-synonym: następstwo

8. (countable, obsolete) rut (furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground)

   Synonym: koleina

9. (countable, obsolete) hairdo (particular way in which one places their hair)

Declension

Declension of kolej

	singular	plural
nominative	kolej	koleje
genitive	kolei	kolei
dative	kolei	kolejom
accusative	kolej	koleje
instrumental	koleją	kolejami
locative	kolei	kolejach
vocative	kolei	koleje

Derived terms

adjectives

• kolejny

adverbs

• po kolei
• z kolei
• (dialectal) za koleją

nouns

• koleina
• kolej podziemna
• kolej żelazna
• kolejarz
• kolejka

verbs

• mieć nie po kolei w głowie impf

Related terms

nouns

• kolejnictwo
• kolejność

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), kolej is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 33 times in scientific texts, 29 times in news, 18 times in essays, 26 times in fiction, and 6 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 112 times, making it the 548th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• kolej in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kolej in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “kolej”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “KOLEJ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 01.12.2010
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “kolej”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “kolej”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kolej”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 398

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French collège.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koleʒ]
• Hyphenation: ko‧lej

Noun

kolej (definite accusative koleji, plural kolejler)

1. (art) college

Declension

Declension of kolej

singular plural nominative kolej kolejler definite accusative koleji kolejleri dative koleje kolejlere locative kolejde kolejlerde ablative kolejden kolejlerden genitive kolejin kolejlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular kolejim kolejlerim 2nd singular kolejin kolejlerin 3rd singular koleji kolejleri 1st plural kolejimiz kolejlerimiz 2nd plural kolejiniz kolejleriniz 3rd plural kolejleri kolejleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular kolejimi kolejlerimi 2nd singular kolejini kolejlerini 3rd singular kolejini kolejlerini 1st plural kolejimizi kolejlerimizi 2nd plural kolejinizi kolejlerinizi 3rd plural kolejlerini kolejlerini dative singular plural 1st singular kolejime kolejlerime 2nd singular kolejine kolejlerine 3rd singular kolejine kolejlerine 1st plural kolejimize kolejlerimize 2nd plural kolejinize kolejlerinize 3rd plural kolejlerine kolejlerine locative singular plural 1st singular kolejimde kolejlerimde 2nd singular kolejinde kolejlerinde 3rd singular kolejinde kolejlerinde 1st plural kolejimizde kolejlerimizde 2nd plural kolejinizde kolejlerinizde 3rd plural kolejlerinde kolejlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular kolejimden kolejlerimden 2nd singular kolejinden kolejlerinden 3rd singular kolejinden kolejlerinden 1st plural kolejimizden kolejlerimizden 2nd plural kolejinizden kolejlerinizden 3rd plural kolejlerinden kolejlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular kolejimin kolejlerimin 2nd singular kolejinin kolejlerinin 3rd singular kolejinin kolejlerinin 1st plural kolejimizin kolejlerimizin 2nd plural kolejinizin kolejlerinizin 3rd plural kolejlerinin kolejlerinin

References

• kolej on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tr