поклонъ

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Old Church Slavonic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poklonъ.

Noun[edit]

поклонъ (poklonŭm

  1. bow
  2. worship
  3. salutation, greeting

Related terms[edit]

Old Novgorodian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poklonъ.

Noun[edit]

поклонъ (poklonŭm

  1. greetings

Usage notes[edit]

поклонъ started being used as a standard greeting in letters c. 1200, quickly replacing the earlier standard покланѧниѥ (poklanęnije). By 1400, поклонъ itself fell out of favor, to be replaced by variants of челомь битьѥ (čelomĭ bitĭje).

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