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Etymology

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Deverbal from вздохну́ть (vzdoxnútʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vzdox]
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Noun

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вздох (vzdoxm inan (genitive вздо́ха, nominative plural вздо́хи, genitive plural вздо́хов)

  1. sigh (a deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued, frustrated, or grieved; the act of sighing)
  2. breath, breathing in
    до после́днего вздо́хаdo poslédnevo vzdóxato the last breath, to the death
  3. (obsolete, anatomy, plural only) solar plexus

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