колос

Borrowed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “large statue, especially the colossus of Rhodes”).

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колос • (kolos) m (plural колоси)

1. (by extension) colossus, giant (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

   Synonyms: џин (džin), гигант (gigant), великан (velikan), балабан (balaban)

2. (figurative) colossus (somebody or something very greatly admired and respected)

• “колос” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kȏlsъ. Related to коло́ть (kolótʹ).

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ко́лос • (kólos) m inan (genitive ко́лоса, nominative plural коло́сья, genitive plural коло́сьев, diminutive колосо́к)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

• колоситься (kolositʹsja)
• колосистый (kolosistyj)
• колосовидный (kolosovidnyj)
• колосовой (kolosovoj)

• → Yakut: куолас (kuolas)

• со́кол (sókol)

 колос on Ukrainian Wikipedia

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kȏlsъ

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ко́лос • (kólos) m inan (genitive ко́лоса or ко́лосу, nominative plural ко́лоси, genitive plural ко́лосів, relational adjective колосови́й)

1. (countable) ear, spike (fruiting body of a grain plant)

   Synonym: колосо́к m (kolosók)

2. (uncountable, collective) ears, spikes (fruiting bodies of grain plants)

   Synonym: коло́сся n (kolóssja)

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(uncountable, collective)

Borrowed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “large statue, especially the colossus of Rhodes”)

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коло́с • (kolós) m pers (genitive коло́са, nominative plural коло́си, genitive plural коло́сів)

1. (dated) colossus (statue of gigantic size)
2. (by extension) colossus (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

   Synonyms: ве́лет m (vélet), ве́летень m (véletenʹ), гіга́нт m (hihánt)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “колос”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “колос”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “колос”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “колос”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “колос”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “колос”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “колос”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)