колея
Russian
Alternative forms
- колѣя́ (kolějá) — pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěja. Related to *kolo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəlʲɪˈja]
Audio: (file)
Noun
колея́ • (kolejá) f inan (genitive колеи́, nominative plural колеи́, genitive plural коле́й)
- (automotive) rut (mark of wheels on the ground)
- (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)
Derived terms
- коле́йный (koléjnyj)
- Counted
- двухколе́йный (dvuxkoléjnyj)
- многоколе́йный (mnogokoléjnyj)
- одноколе́йный (odnokoléjnyj)
- узкоколе́йный (uzkokoléjnyj)
- узкоколе́йка f (uzkokoléjka)
- ширококоле́йный (širokokoléjnyj)
- Phrases
- своя́ колея́ f (svojá kolejá)
- коле́йный мост m (koléjnyj most)
Related terms
- колесо́ n (kolesó)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “колея”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “колея”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 412
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “колея”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “колесо”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.