подвох

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

IPA^(key): [pɐdˈvox]
Rhymes: -ox

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

Declension of подво́х (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	подво́х podvóx	подво́хи podvóxi
genitive	подво́ха podvóxa	подво́хов podvóxov
dative	подво́ху podvóxu	подво́хам podvóxam
accusative	подво́х podvóx	подво́хи podvóxi
instrumental	подво́хом podvóxom	подво́хами podvóxami
prepositional	подво́хе podvóxe	подво́хах podvóxax

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “подвох”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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