тщета

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic тъщета (tŭšteta), from Proto-Slavic *tъščeta, a derivative of *tъščь (whence то́щий (tóščij)) + *-ota.

Further back, from Proto-Indo-European *tweskʷ- (“desert, barren”). Compare Sanskrit तुच्छ (tuccha, “empty, vain”), Latin tesqua (“desert”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɕːɪˈta]

Noun

тщета́ • (tščetá) f inan (genitive тщеты́, uncountable)

  1. (literary) vanity

Declension
Declension of тщета́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular
nominative тщета́
tščetá
genitive тщеты́
tščetý
dative тщете́
tščeté
accusative тщету́
tščetú
instrumental тщето́й, тщето́ю
tščetój, tščetóju
prepositional тщете́
tščeté

Derived terms
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