врасплох
Appearance
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]в (v) + расплох (rasplox). The latter is formally related to плохо́й (ploxój), but semantically is closer to поло́х (polóx), which both derive from Proto-Slavic *polxъ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]враспло́х • (vrasplóx)
- unawares, unexpectedly, by surprise
- заста́ть / засти́гнуть враспло́х ― zastátʹ / zastígnutʹ vrasplóx ― to take / catch unawares, to surprise, to take by surprise; to catch off guard
- захва́ченный враспло́х ― zaxváčennyj vrasplóx ― taken aback
References
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “врасплох”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress