ухищрение

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оухыщрениѥ (uxyštrenije), from оухытрити (uxytriti, to come up with, to figure out, to do), from Proto-Slavic *xytrъ (sly, wise). Compare хи́трый (xítryj).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ʊxʲɪɕːˈrʲenʲɪje]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

ухищре́ние (uxiščrénijen inan (genitive ухищре́ния, nominative plural ухищре́ния, genitive plural ухищре́ний)

  1. trick; gimmick, ruse, wile, stratagem
  2. contrivance, device, shift

Declension[edit]