підступний

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Most likely borrowed from Polish podstępny. By surface analysis, пі́дступ (pídstup) +‎ -ний (-nyj). Compare Belarusian падсту́пны (padstúpny).

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Adjective

підсту́пний (pidstúpnyj) (adverb підсту́пно, abstract noun підсту́пність or підсту́пництво)

  1. guileful, insidious, sly, sneaky, underhand
  2. perfidious, treacherous (exhibiting treachery)
    Synonyms: віроло́мний (virolómnyj), зрадли́вий (zradlývyj), неві́рний (nevírnyj)

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