ухищрение

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).

• IPA^(key): [ʊxʲɪɕːˈrʲenʲɪje]

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ухищре́ние • (uxiščrénije) n inan (genitive ухищре́ния, nominative plural ухищре́ния, genitive plural ухищре́ний)

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