навколішки

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Ukrainian

Alternative forms

навко́люшки (navkóljušky) — colloquial

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

навко́лішки • (navkólišky)

onto one's knees (get down, get up, fall, etc.)
on one's knees (crawl, kneel, etc)
стоя́ти навко́лішки ― stojáty navkólišky ― to kneel (literally, “to stand on one's knees”)

Synonyms

(all senses): навколі́нки (navkolínky) (dialectal), навколі́нці (navkolínci) (dialectal)
(onto one's knees): на колі́на (na kolína)
(on one's knees): на колі́нах (na kolínax), навко́лішках (navkóliškax)

Coordinate terms

навле́жачки (navléžačky)
навпо́чіпки (navpóčipky)
навси́дячки (navsýdjačky)
навсто́ячки (navstójačky)
навшпи́ньки (navšpýnʹky)

Further reading

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “навколішки”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “навколішки”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 9 (міщани́н – насту́кувати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “навколішки”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “навколішки”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
“навколішки”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
“навколішки”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)

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