Wiktionary

kolega

Czech edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin collega.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kolega m anim (feminine kolegyně)

  1. colleague
    Synonym: spolupracovník

Declension edit

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 edit

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

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch collega, from Latin collēga.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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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Latgalian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

kolega m or f

  1. colleague

Declension edit

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 edit

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

Lithuanian edit

 
Kolegos

Etymology edit

From Latin collēga, likely via a Slavic language.

Noun edit

kolegà m (plural kolègos) stress pattern 2

  1. colleague

Declension edit

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

Further reading edit

Polish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

kolega m pers (female equivalent koleżanka, diminutive koleżka)

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

Declension edit

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 edit

interjections

Trivia edit

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]

References edit

  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]‎[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 183

Further reading edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin collega.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

koléga m (Cyrillic spelling коле́га, feminine kolègica)

  1. colleague

Declension edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Kollege.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

kolega m pers

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

Declension edit

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

Further reading edit

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin collega.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. colleague

Declension edit

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 edit

  • “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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