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kolega

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin collega.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kolega m anim (female equivalent kolegyně)

  1. colleague
    Synonym: spolupracovník

Declension

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Declension of kolega (masculine animate in -a)
singular plural
nominative kolega kolegové
genitive kolegy kolegů
dative kolegovi kolegům
accusative kolegu kolegy
vocative kolego kolegové
locative kolegovi kolezích
instrumental kolegou kolegy
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Further reading

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  • “kolega”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “kolega”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “kolega”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch collega, from Latin collēga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈleɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧lé‧ga

Noun

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koléga (first-person possessive kolegaku, second-person possessive kolegamu, third-person possessive koleganya)

  1. colleague
    Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, kanti, karib, kawan, kenalan, kontak, mitra, perepat, rafik, rekan, sahabat, saki, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan
    Synonyms: teman sejawat, kawan sepekerjaan
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Further reading

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Latgalian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin collega, probably via Russian коллега (kollega).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔlʲɛɡa]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧ga

Noun

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kolega m or f

  1. colleague

Declension

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Declension of kolega (type 4 noun)
singular plural
nominative kolega kolegys, kolegas1)
genitive kolegys, kolegas1) kolegu
dative kolegai, kolegam kolegom
accusative kolegu kolegys, kolegas1)
instrumental kolegu kolegom
locative kolegā koleguos
vocative kolega, koleg kolegys, kolegas1)
1) dialectal

References

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  • A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 12

Lithuanian

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Kolegos

Etymology

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From Latin collēga, likely via a Slavic language.

Noun

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kolegà m (plural kolègos) stress pattern 2

  1. colleague

Declension

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Declension of kolegà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) kolegà kolègos
genitive (kilmininkas) kolègos kolègų
dative (naudininkas) kolègai kolègoms
accusative (galininkas) kolègą kolegàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) kolegà kolègomis
locative (vietininkas) kolègoje kolègose
vocative (šauksmininkas) kolèga kolègos

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Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Kollege.[1][2] First attested in 1563.[3] Compare Kashubian kòlega and Silesian kolega.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔˈlɛ.ɡa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡa
  • Syllabification: ko‧le‧ga

Noun

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kolega m pers (female equivalent koleżanka, diminutive koleżka)

  1. companion (comrade in any sphere of activity)
    1. friend, buddy, pal, mate
    2. colleague

Declension

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Declension of kolega
singular plural
nominative kolega koledzy/kolegi (deprecative)
genitive kolegi kolegów
dative koledze kolegom
accusative kolegę kolegów
instrumental kolegą kolegami
locative koledze kolegach
vocative kolego koledzy

Derived terms

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interjections

Trivia

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According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), kolega is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 3 times in scientific texts, 7 times in news, 7 times in essays, 40 times in fiction, and 51 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 108 times, making it the 580th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]

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  1. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “kolega”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kolega”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “kollega”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  4. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “kolega”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 183

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin collega.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kolěːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧ga

Noun

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koléga m (Cyrillic spelling коле́га, feminine kolègica)

  1. colleague

Declension

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Declension of kolega
singular plural
nominative kolega kolege
genitive kolege kolega
dative kolegi kolegama
accusative kolegu kolege
vocative kolego kolege
locative kolegi kolegama
instrumental kolegom kolegama

Silesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Kollege.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔˈlɛɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡa
  • Syllabification: ko‧le‧ga

Noun

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kolega m pers

  1. companion (comrade in any sphere of activity)
    1. friend, buddy, pal, mate
    2. colleague

Declension

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Declension of kolega
singular plural
nominative kolega koledzy/kolegowie
genitive kolegi kolegōw
dative koledze/kolegowi kolegōm
accusative kolegi kolegōw
instrumental kolegōm kolegami/kolegōma
locative koledze kolegach
vocative kolego koledzy/kolegowie

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin collega.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kolega m anim (declension pattern of hrdina, feminine kolegyňa)

  1. colleague

Declension

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Declension of kolega
singular plural
nominative kolega kolegovia
genitive kolegu kolegov
dative kolegovi kolegom
accusative kolegu kolegov
locative kolegovi kolegoch
instrumental kolegom kolegami
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Further reading

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  • “kolega”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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