клякам

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klękati, with root vocalism influenced by semantically related ся́дам (sjádam, to sit) < *sědati.

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Verb

кля́кам (kljákam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective кле́кна)

  1. (intransitive) to squat, to crouch
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to knuckle down, to give in, to cave in

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References

  • клякам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • клякам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клякам, клекна, клекнувам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 492