по́дих

noun, incomparable, masculine, inanimate

Translations

breath (a single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air)
breath (a small amount of something)
breath (air expelled from the lungs)
breath, waft (a small amount of wind)

Declination

	singular	plural
nominative	по́дих	по́дихи
genitive	по́диху	по́дихів
dative	по́дихові	по́дихам
accusative	-	-
instrumental	по́дихом	по́дихами
locative	-	по́дихах
vocative	-	-

Examples

Я відчуваю подих життя.

I'm feeling the breath of life.

Від цього захоплює подих.

It's breathtaking.

Вона затримала подих.

She held her breath.

Том затамував подих.

Tom held his breath.

Я спостерігав за сценою, затамувавши подих.

I was watching the scene holding my breath.

Вона затамувала подих.

She caught her breath.

Діти слухали, затамувавши подих, коли я розповідав їм цю історію.

The children were all ears when I was telling them the story.

Було, її імʼя я на піску писав, та подих хвиль його змивав: і знов писав я іншою рукою, робив приплив мій біль вмить здобиччю своєю.

One day I wrote her name upon the strand, but came the waves and washed it away: again I wrote it with a second hand, but came the tide, and made my pains his prey.