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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kolěno.
Pronunciation
Noun
коля́но • (koljáno) n (relational adjective коля́нов or коле́нен, diminutive коля́нце)
- (anatomy) knee (body part)
- knee (a piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent)
- knee (any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point)
- elbow (a pipe fitting that turns a corner)
- (botany) node (the joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted)
- joint (the point where two components of a structure join)
- (figurative) origin, birth, stock, kin → generation, lineage
- Synonyms: род (rod), (dialectal) ле́джа (lédža)
Declension
Declension of коля́но
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singular
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plural
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| indefinite
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коля́но
koljáno
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колена́, колене́, коле́ни1,2
kolená, kolené, koléni1,2
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| definite
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коля́ното
koljánoto
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колена́та, колене́те, коле́ните1,2
kolenáta, kolenéte, kolénite1,2
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| count form
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колена́
kolená
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Derived terms
References
- “коляно”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “коляно”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010