подвох
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Usually associated with подво́д (podvód), deverbal from подводи́ть (podvodítʹ, “to lead (somewhere)”). Compare the analogously formed сва́ха (sváxa) and сват (svat). Less reliably associated with вохла́к (voxlák) or дво́хать (dvóxatʹ, “to breathe”), Lithuanian dvasià (“soul, spirit”) as well as Old Norse vasa-sk (“to do something, to interfere”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
подво́х • (podvóx) m inan (genitive подво́ха, nominative plural подво́хи, genitive plural подво́хов)
- (colloquial) trick, catch
Declension edit
Declension of подво́х (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “подвох”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress