подстава

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Russian

Etymology

Deverbal from подста́вить (podstávitʹ). Compare Polish podstawa.

Pronunciation

Noun

подста́ва (podstávaf inan (genitive подста́вы, nominative plural подста́вы, genitive plural подста́в)

  1. setup (to involve an unaware and unwilling person into some illegal or undesirable situation)
  2. practical joke
  3. (obsolete) support
  4. (obsolete) the replacement set of horses for a carriage

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From по̀дставити.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pôdstaʋa/
  • Hyphenation: под‧ста‧ва

Noun

по̏дстава f (Latin spelling pȍdstava)

  1. lining

Declension

References

  • подстава”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024