навколішки

• навко́люшки (navkóljušky) — colloquial

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [nɐu̯ˈkɔlʲiʃke]

навко́лішки • (navkólišky)

1. onto one's knees (get down, get up, fall, etc.)
2. 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)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “навколішки”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “навколішки”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 9 (міщани́н – насту́кувати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “навколішки”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “навколішки”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “навколішки”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “навколішки”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)