koleso

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech koleso. By surface analysis, kolo (“wheel”) +‎ -eso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolɛso]
• Rhymes: -ɛso
• Hyphenation: tě‧le‧so

Noun

koleso n (related adjective kolesový)

1. a big wheel

Declension

Declension of koleso (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	koleso	kolesa
genitive	kolesa	koles
dative	kolesu	kolesům
accusative	koleso	kolesa
vocative	koleso	kolesa
locative	kolese, kolesu	kolesech
instrumental	kolesem	kolesy

Derived terms

• kolesový
• kolesový parník
• lopatkové koleso

 

Related terms

• kolář
• kolo
• kolový

 

Further reading

• koleso in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• koleso in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• koleso in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

From kolo +‎ -eso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkolɛso/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkolɛso/

Noun

koleso n

1. wheel
2. (in the dual) two-wheeled cart
3. (in the plural) cart

Declension

Declension of koleso (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	koleso	kolesě	kolesa
genitive	kolesa	kolesú	koles
dative	kolesu	kolesoma	kolesóm
accusative	koleso	kolesě	kolesa
vocative	koleso	kolesě	kolesa
locative	kolesě, kolesu	kolesú	kolesiech
instrumental	kolesem	kolesoma	kolesy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: koleso

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “koleso”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *kolo.

Noun

koleso n

1. wheel
2. (slang) MDMA (or other substance commonly being used in a cylinder-shaped pellet, hence wheel)

Further reading

• “koleso”, 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