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подвивам коляно

Bulgarianphrase

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to genuflect, to bend a knee
  2. 2.
    to submit to another's authority, to show obedience and servitude
    • подвивам коляно пред силния на деня

      podvivam koljano pred silnija na denjato bend the knee in front of the powers that be

Etymology

Calque of Latin genūflectō, a compound of genū (“knee”) + flectō (“[I] bend”).

Forms

  • podvivam koljanoromanization

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