koleja

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Finnish

Noun

koleja

  1. partitive plural of koli

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěja. First attested in 1425.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /kɔlʲɛjaː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /kɔlʲɛjɒ/

Noun

koleja f

  1. (attested in Masovia) track, road (path made by cart wheels)
    • 1879 [1425], Jan Tadeusz Lubomirski, editor, Księga ziemi czerskiej 1404-1425. Liber terrae Cernensis, Masovia, page 308:
      Exaras viam al. koleya ultra gosczinyecz
      [Exaras viam al. koleję ultra gościniec]
    • 1450, Piotr z Uścia, Rozariusz kapitulny, Ujście: Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej, sygn. Ms 224, page 172v:
      Orbita est vestigium rothe que rotunda dicitur... id est via uel semita rothe vlg. koleyą
      [Orbita est vestigium rothe que rotunda dicitur... id est via uel semita rothe vlg. koleja]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 93r:
      Orbita et est vestigium rote eyn wagenleyse etiam est via circularis vt patet in hymno Beata nobis koleyą
      [Orbita et est vestigium rote eyn wagenleyse etiam est via circularis vt patet in hymno Beata nobis koleja]
  2. (attested in Masovia) order (established order, succession according to a certain order)
    • 1879 [1445], Jan Tadeusz Lubomirski, editor, Księga ziemi czerskiej 1404-1425. Liber terrae Cernensis, Masovia, page LXI:
      Eze na Marczina coleya przisla a pan mu kazal na voyną, a on nye schetl
      [Eże na Marcina koleja przyszła a pan mu kazał na wojnę, a on nie szedł]

Descendants

  • Polish: kolej
  • Silesian: kolyj

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