kolino

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French colline, Spanish colina and Italian collina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈli.no/

Noun

kolino (plural kolini)

1. hill

   Synonym: monteto

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kòljeno (Ijekavian)
• kòleno (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Noun

kolino n (Cyrillic spelling колино) (Ikavian)

1. knee
   • C14, N.N. Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original):

     To rekši, kleknu na kolina, priporuči duh svoj gospodinu Bogu, a ubojica, poj mač svoj, udri po vratu svete Margarite, odsiče joj glavu.

   • 1730s, Andrija Kačić Miošić, Razgovor ugodni naroda slovinskoga, Pisma od bana Zrinovića i cara Sulemana trećega:

     A kad bana rane dopadoše,
     kleknu vitez na kolino livo.

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Declension

Declension of kolino

	singular	plural
nominative	kolino	kolina
genitive	kolina	kolina
dative	kolinu	kolinima
accusative	kolino	kolina
vocative	kolino	kolina
locative	kolinu	kolinima
instrumental	kolinom	kolinima