кланятися

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klaňati, iterative of *kloniti, whence клони́ти (klonýty), with stress shift from second to first syllable (stress on either syllable was present in Ukrainian in the 19th century).[1] Compare Russian кла́няться (klánjatʹsja), Belarusian кла́няцца (klánjacca).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɫanʲɐtesʲɐ]
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Verb[edit]

кла́нятися (klánjatysjaimpf

  1. to bow, to bow down (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference) (to somebody: + dative case)
  2. to give/send one's regards (to somebody: + dative case)
    Кла́няйтесь йому́ від ме́не.
    Klánjajtesʹ jomú vid méne.
    Give him my regards.
  3. (figuratively) to bow and scrape, to cringe, to grovel, to humbly beg (to/before somebody: + dative case or пе́ред + instrumental)
    • 1957, Ivan Bahmut, Шматок пирога [A Piece of Pie]‎[2], archived from the original on 2022-05-26:
      Ми хоч і бі́дні, а багатія́м не кла́няємось!
      My xoč i bídni, a bahatijám ne klánjajemosʹ!
      We may be poor, but we don't grovel before the rich!

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Zhelekhivskyy, E. I., editor (1886), “кла́ня́тися”, in Малоруско-нїмецкий словар [Ukrainian-German Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), volumes 1: А – О, Lviv: Shevchenko Society, page 347

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