коляно

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• колѣно (kolěno) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈlʲa̟no]

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Noun

коля́но • (koljáno) n (relational adjective коля́нов or коле́нен, diminutive коля́нце)

1. (anatomy) knee (body part)
2. knee (a piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent)
3. knee (any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point)
4. elbow (a pipe fitting that turns a corner)
5. (botany) node (the joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted)
6. joint (the point where two components of a structure join)
7. (figurative) origin, birth, stock, kin → generation, lineage

   Synonyms: род (rod), (dialectal) ле́джа (lédža)

Declension

Declension of коля́но

	singular	plural
indefinite	коля́но koljáno	колена́, колене́, коле́ни1,2 kolená, kolené, koléni1,2
definite	коля́ното koljánoto	колена́та, колене́те, коле́ните1,2 kolenáta, kolenéte, kolénite1,2
count form	—	колена́ kolená

¹Colloquial.
²Rare.

Derived terms

• наколе́нка (nakolénka, “kneepad”)
• поколе́ние (pokolénie, “generation”)

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