кольцо
Russian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic кольце (kolĭce), a diminutive from коло n (kolo, “wheel, circle”) + -ьце (-ĭce, suffix forming diminutives of neuters), the former from Proto-Slavic *kȍlo (“wheel”), whence Russian колесо́ (kolesó, “wheel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐlʲˈt͡so]
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Noun
кольцо́ • (kolʹcó) n inan (genitive кольца́, nominative plural ко́льца, genitive plural коле́ц, relational adjective кольцево́й, diminutive коле́чко)
- ring
- Synonym: пе́рстень (pérstenʹ)
- (mathematics) ring
- hoop
- webring
- (colloquial) roundabout (a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
Declension
Declension of кольцо́ (inan neut-form ц-stem accent-d irreg)
Pre-reform declension of кольцо́ (inan neut-form ц-stem accent-d irreg)
Derived terms
- ко́льчатый (kólʹčatyj)
- обруча́льное кольцо́ (obručálʹnoje kolʹcó)
- окольцева́ть (okolʹcevátʹ), окольцо́вывать (okolʹcóvyvatʹ)
Descendants
- Mari:
- → Eastern Mari: кольча (koĺča)
- → Western Mari: кольца (koĺca)
- → Komi-Zyrian: кольча (koľća), (dialectal) количо (koľićo)
- Sami:
- → Skolt Sami: kåʹlcc
- → Kildin Sami: куэӆӆьц (kuel̥l̥’c)
- → Ter Sami: кыэӆӆьца (kïel̥l̥ʼca)
- → Udmurt: кульчо (kuľćo)