колея

Russian

Alternative forms

• колѣя́ (kolějá) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěja. Related to *kolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəlʲɪˈja]

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Noun

колея́ • (kolejá) f inan (genitive колеи́, nominative plural колеи́, genitive plural коле́й)

1. (automotive) rut (mark of wheels on the ground)
2. (rail transport) gauge (the distance between the rails of a line of railway track)

Declension

Declension of колея́ (inan fem-form vowel-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	колея́ kolejá	колеи́ koleí
genitive	колеи́ koleí	коле́й koléj
dative	колее́ kolejé	колея́м kolejám
accusative	колею́ kolejú	колеи́ koleí
instrumental	колеёй, колеёю kolejój, kolejóju	колея́ми kolejámi
prepositional	колее́ kolejé	колея́х kolejáx

Related terms

• коле́йный (koléjnyj)
• узкоколе́йный (uzkokoléjnyj)
• ширококоле́йный (širokokoléjnyj)