Russian

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Etymology

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Deverbal from подста́вить (podstávitʹ). Compare Polish podstawa.

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Noun

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подста́ва (podstávaf inan (genitive подста́вы, nominative plural подста́вы, genitive plural подста́в)

  1. setup (to involve an unaware and unwilling person into some illegal or undesirable situation)
  2. practical joke
  3. (obsolete) support
  4. (obsolete) the replacement set of horses for a carriage

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From по̀дставити.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pôdstaʋa/
  • Hyphenation: под‧ста‧ва

Noun

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по̏дстава f (Latin spelling pȍdstava)

  1. lining

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References

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  • подстава”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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