врасплох

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Russian

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Etymology

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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

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Adverb

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враспло́х (vrasplóx)

  1. unawares, unexpectedly, by surprise
    заста́ть / засти́гнуть враспло́хzastátʹ / zastígnutʹ vrasplóxto take / catch unawares, to surprise, to take by surprise; to catch off guard
    захва́ченный враспло́хzaxváčennyj vrasplóxtaken aback

References

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