koło
Lower Sorbian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Upper Sorbian koło, from Proto-Slavic *kolo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]koło n inan
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Masurian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish koło.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]koło n (diminutive kółko)
- wheel (round simple machine allowing vehicles to move)
- wheel (simple machine on an axis allowing for rotation)
- spinning wheel
- warping machine (simple machine that allows one to arrange strands of thread, etc., so that they run lengthwise in weaving)
- bicycle
- circle (part of the plane bounded by a curve)
Preposition
[edit]koło [with genitive]
- around, near, close to, next to, by
- denotes a part belonging to a whole; of
- around (forming a circle around)
- denotes the subject of work, tool or profession
- denotes place of work; around
- denotes approximate location or time; around
Further reading
[edit]- Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “I. koło, II. koło”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 3, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 255-256
Old Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kȍlo. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]koło n (diminutive kółko, related adjective kołowy)
- circle (round shape)
- Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa[1], page 72:
- Kyedy nad Rzymem chodzylo kolo yakoby slota korona (circulus... corona velut aurea)
- [Kiedy nad Rzymem chodziło koło jakoby złota korona (circulus... corona velut aurea)]
- (attested in Greater Poland) wheel (round device that allows a vehicle to move)
- 1856-1870 [1399], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki[2], volume VIII, number 8335:
- Nicolaus... contra Zegotam... et contra IIII-or kmetones... pro XXX curribus sepis et pro XV cola
- [Nicolaus... contra Żegotam... et contra IIII-or kmetones... pro XXX curribus sepis et pro XV koła]
- (attested in Greater Poland) wheel (spinning object i.e. on a mill)
- 1959 [1426], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 1238, Poznań:
- Pani Przechna ne podnosla cola v mlyna w Zeloney Dambrowe visech, nysly iaco mlynarze crolewscy... vstavily
- [Pani Przechna nie podniosła koła u młyna w Zielonej Dąbrowie wyszej, niżli jako młynarze krolewscy... ustawili]
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “koło”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “koło”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
- Mańczak, Witold (2017) “koło”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “koło 1”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “koło”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
- Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “koło”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish koło. Doublet of kolo. Related to English cycle and wheel.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.wɔ/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.ɫɔ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔwɔ
- Syllabification: ko‧ło
- Homophone: Koło
Noun
[edit]koło n (diminutive kółko)
- circle (part of the plane bounded by a curve)
- Synonym: krąg
- circle (line enclosing such a plane)
- Synonym: krąg
- wheel (round simple machine allowing vehicles to move)
- napęd na cztery koła ― four-wheel drive
- wheel (simple machine on an axis allowing for rotation)
- circle (anything round)
- circle (enclosure made by people usually holding hands, often as a children's game)
- (historical) breaking wheel
- circle (specific groups of persons; especially one who shares a common interest)
- Synonym: grono
- (colloquial, chiefly in the genitive singular, or less frequently in the genitive plural) grand, one thousand zloty
- To kosztuje sześć koła ― This costs six thousand zloty.
- (historical, in medieval Poland) assembly of councilors, meeting of an assembly
- kolo (Slavic dance in which dancers stand in a circle and hold hands)
- (obsolete) bicycle (two wheeled vehicle, usually powered with the feet)
- Synonym: rower
- (obsolete) rotating false wardrobe leading to a hidden room (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- Synonym: kołowrót
- (Middle Polish, astronomy) orbit (path of celestial body)
- Synonym: orbita
- (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
- 1557, M. Bielski, Komedyja Justyna i Konstancyjej[3], page G4:
- Lepyey wynidź s cżyſtą myſlą w pole/ Niż ſie tocżyć w ciemne kąty w kole
- [Lepiej wynidź z czystą myślą w pole/ Niż się toczyć w ciemne kąty w kole]
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- historia zatoczyła koło pf, historia zatacza koło impf
- łamać kołem impf
- wynaleźć koło na nowo pf, wynajdować koło na nowo impf
Trivia
[edit]According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), koło (noun) is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 29 times in scientific texts, 58 times in news, 19 times in essays, 12 times in fiction, and 4 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 122 times, making it the 493rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
Preposition
[edit]koło [with genitive]
- around, near, close to, next to, by
- (colloquial) around, about (in the vicinity of)
- Synonym: około
- koło dziewiątej ― at about nine o’clock
- (archaic) in relation to
- Synonym: około
- around (forming a circle around)
- Synonym: wokół
- (obsolete) thanks to; because of
- (Middle Polish) about, concerning
- Synonym: o
- (Middle Polish) when it comes to
- Synonym: jeśli chodzi o
Particle
[edit]koło
- about, around, approximately
- Synonym: około
References
[edit]- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “koło (noun)”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 185
Further reading
[edit]- koło in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- koło in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “1. koło”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “2. koło”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “KOŁO”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 21.05.2014
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “koło”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “koło”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “koło”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 409
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “koło 2”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Silesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish koło.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]koło n (diminutive kōłko)
- circle (round shape)
- (colloquial) edge of a circle
- wheel (simple machine with an axle that allows for rotation, often allowing vehicles to move)
- circle (group of people with similar interests)
- bicycle (two wheeled vehicle, usually powered with the feet)
Declension
[edit]Preposition
[edit]koło
Further reading
[edit]- Lower Sorbian terms borrowed from Upper Sorbian
- Lower Sorbian terms derived from Upper Sorbian
- Lower Sorbian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lower Sorbian lemmas
- Lower Sorbian nouns
- Lower Sorbian neuter nouns
- Lower Sorbian inanimate nouns
- Lower Sorbian literary terms
- dsb:Dances
- Masurian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Masurian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Masurian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Masurian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Masurian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Masurian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Masurian terms inherited from Old Polish
- Masurian terms derived from Old Polish
- Masurian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Masurian/ɔwɔ
- Rhymes:Masurian/ɔwɔ/2 syllables
- Masurian lemmas
- Masurian nouns
- Masurian neuter nouns
- Masurian prepositions
- zlw-mas:Cycling
- zlw-mas:Jewelry
- zlw-mas:Simple machines
- zlw-mas:Shapes
- zlw-mas:Spinning
- zlw-mas:Vehicles
- zlw-mas:Weaving
- Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Old Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Polish lemmas
- Old Polish nouns
- Old Polish neuter nouns
- Old Polish terms with quotations
- Greater Poland Old Polish
- zlw-opl:Shapes
- zlw-opl:Simple machines
- zlw-opl:Transport
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Polish terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish terms inherited from Old Polish
- Polish terms derived from Old Polish
- Polish doublets
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔwɔ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔwɔ/2 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- Polish terms with collocations
- Polish terms with historical senses
- Polish colloquialisms
- Polish terms with obsolete senses
- Middle Polish
- pl:Astronomy
- Polish terms with uncertain meaning
- Polish terms with quotations
- Polish prepositions
- Polish terms with usage examples
- Polish terms with archaic senses
- Polish particles
- pl:Children's games
- pl:Collectives
- pl:Engineering
- pl:History of Poland
- pl:Shapes
- pl:Simple machines
- pl:Spinning
- pl:Transport
- pl:Torture
- pl:Weaving
- Silesian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Silesian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Silesian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Silesian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Silesian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Silesian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Silesian terms inherited from Old Polish
- Silesian terms derived from Old Polish
- Silesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Silesian/ɔwɔ
- Rhymes:Silesian/ɔwɔ/2 syllables
- Silesian lemmas
- Silesian nouns
- Silesian neuter nouns
- Silesian colloquialisms
- Silesian prepositions
- szl:Shapes
- szl:Simple machines
- szl:Transport