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Russian
Etymology
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
Noun
подво́х • (podvóx) m inan (genitive подво́ха, nominative plural подво́хи, genitive plural подво́хов)
- (colloquial) trick, catch
в э́том есть како́й-то подво́х- v étom jestʹ kakój-to podvóx
- there must be a catch in it
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “подвох”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress