bježi

English translation: drifts

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Bosnian term or phrase:	bježi
English translation:	drifts
Entered by:	Eric Bullington

18:00 Oct 25, 2006

Bosnian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Medical Report

Bosnian term or phrase: bježi

Context is medical report on broken finger.

The term is used in quotes, in the following sentence:

u eztenziji prst lagano "bježi" u abdukciju

Obviously, this can't be "flees"...

Maybe, the finger weakly pulls upon abduction??

Thanks for the help!

Eric Bullington KudoZ activity Questions: 67 (none open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 27
Local time: 23:58

extension of the finger results in its gradual abduction

Explanation:
I'm out of my depth here, but this might mean that when the finger is extended ("u eztenziji"?), it slowly moves away from the center line of the hand (which is what abduction is, according to Wikipedia). This would be an involuntary movement. The finger does this by itself. Hence "bježi".

Selected response from:

Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 20:58

Grading comment

Thanks Pavle, I did more research and your explanation seems exactly right. VPUHING's suggestion of "drifts" is an excellent choice of words.
Thanks, Eric
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extension of the finger results in its gradual abduction

Pavle Perencevic

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extension of the finger results in its gradual abduction

Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 20:58
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Serbian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks Pavle, I did more research and your explanation seems exactly right. VPUHING's suggestion of "drifts" is an excellent choice of words.
Thanks, Eric

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