колено

From Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔlɛnɔ]

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колено • (koleno) n (plural колена, diminutive коленце)

1. knee
2. phylum
3. generation, descent

• колѣ́но (kolě́no) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Old East Slavic колѣно (kolěno), from Proto-Slavic *kolěno. Cognate with Ukrainian коліно (kolino), Bulgarian коляно (koljano), Slovene koléno, Czech koleno, Polish kolano; compare Lithuanian kelis (“knee”), Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “member of the body”), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend, crooked”). Or from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn, wheel”), according to Pokorny.

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈlʲenə]

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коле́но • (koléno) n inan (genitive коле́на, nominative plural коле́ни, genitive plural коле́ней, related adjective коле́нный, diminutive коле́нка)

1. (anatomy) knee
2. (in the plural) lap

The irregular plural of this sense of the word is due to the fact that the ending -и was an old neuter dual form.

• коленопреклонённый (kolenopreklonjónnyj)

коле́но • (koléno) n inan (genitive коле́на, nominative plural коле́на, genitive plural коле́н)

1. bend (in a river, etc.)
2. (music) figure, part, passage, turn (in music or dance)
3. generation, branch
4. (biblical) tribe

   коле́но Да́ново ― koléno Dánovo ― the tribe of Dan

коле́но • (koléno) n inan (genitive коле́на, nominative plural коле́нья, genitive plural коле́ньев)

1. (engineering) joint, elbow, crank (pipes, tubing, rods)
2. (botany) joint, node

The irregular plural of this sense of the word was originally a collective form.

• (Ijekavian): ко̀љено
• (Ikavian): kolino

From Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

• IPA^(key): /kǒleno/
• Hyphenation: ко‧ле‧но

ко̀лено n (Latin spelling kòleno)

1. knee
2. joint, bent
3. knot
4. knuckle
5. angle
6. generation, descent
7. family, race, house

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