навколішки

Ukrainian

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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”)

(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)

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“навколішки”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)