agenolhar

Occitan

Etymology

From a- +‎ genolh +‎ -ar. Cognate with Catalan agenollar, French agenouiller.

Verb

agenolhar

1. (reflexive, s'agenolhar) to kneel (down)

   Aprèp qu'elis i son anats se son totis agenolhats.

   After they had gone there, they all kneeled down.

Dialectal variants

• aginolhar (Provençal, Vivaro-alpine)
• ajanolhar (Vivaro-alpine, Auvergnat)
• ajolhar (Gascon)