ajoelhar

Meaning

1. (intransitive, pronominal, rare) to kneel (to stoop down and rest on one’s knees)
2. (figuratively, pronominal) to kneel (to accept defeat; to accept someone’s superiority)
3. (transitive) to make someone kneel
4. (figuratively, poetic, transitive) to subjugate (to forcibly impose obedience or servitude)

Concepts

kneel

knell

Translations

s’agenouiller

knielen

inginocchiarsi

arrodillarse

tocar a morts

knien

χτυπώ πένθιμα

ɣona’tizo

se mettre à genoux

genu flectere

رَكَعَ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.ʒo.eˈʎa(ʁ)/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: axeonllar

Cognate with Spanish: ahinojar

Cognate with Catalan: agenollar

Cognate with French: agenouiller

Cognate with Italian: inginocchiare

Cognate with Romanian: îngenunchea

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese agẽollar. By surface analysis, a- + joelho + -ar. Compare Galician axeonllar, Spanish ahinojar, Catalan agenollar, French agenouiller, Italian inginocchiare, Romanian îngenunchea.