вздох
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Deverbal from вздохну́ть (vzdoxnútʹ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
вздох • (vzdox) m inan (genitive вздо́ха, nominative plural вздо́хи, genitive plural вздо́хов)
- sigh (a deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued, frustrated, or grieved; the act of sighing)
- breath, breathing in
- до после́днего вздо́ха ― do poslédnevo vzdóxa ― to the last breath, to the death
- (obsolete, anatomy, plural only) solar plexus
Declension edit
Declension of вздох (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
Related terms edit
- вздыха́ть (vzdyxátʹ), вздохну́ть (vzdoxnútʹ)
- подвздо́хи (podvzdóxi), подвздо́шье (podvzdóšʹje, “ilia”)
- подвздо́шный (podvzdóšnyj, “iliac; ileal”)
Further reading edit
- Sorokin, Yury S., editor (1987), “вздох”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века [Dictionary of the Russian Language 18th century] (in Russian), volume 3, Leningrad: Nauka. Leningrad Branch, page 123