полох

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *polxъ. Cognate with Ukrainian поло́х (polóx, fear), по́лох (pólox, horror), Russian Church Slavonic плахъ (plaxŭ, fear), Bulgarian плах (plah, timid; fear), Serbo-Croatian пла̏х (fast, sharp), Slovene plȃh (timid), Czech plachý (timid), Slovak plachý (timid), Polish płochy (timid, frivolous). Per Vasmer, probably related to Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, to excite), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌼𐌰 (usfilma, frightened, horrified).

Pronunciation

Noun

поло́х (polóxm inan (genitive поло́ха, nominative plural поло́хи, genitive plural поло́хов)

  1. (dated, rare) fear, fright

Declension

Derived terms

References

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