тёща

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьšča.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtʲɵɕːə]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

тёща • (tjóšča) f anim (genitive тёщи, nominative plural тёщи, genitive plural тёщ)

  1. the mother of one's wife; mother-in-law
    вы́колю себе́ глаз, пусть у тёщи зять криво́й бу́дет ― výkolju sebé glaz, pustʹ u tjóšči zjatʹ krivój búdet ― I'll cut off my nose to spite my face (literally, “I'll poke my own eye out, let my mother-in-law have a one-eyed son-in-law”)

Declension
Declension of тёща (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative тёща
tjóšča		 тёщи
tjóšči
genitive тёщи
tjóšči		 тёщ
tjóšč
dative тёще
tjóšče		 тёщам
tjóščam
accusative тёщу
tjóšču		 тёщ
tjóšč
instrumental тёщей, тёщею
tjóščej, tjóščeju		 тёщами
tjóščami
prepositional тёще
tjóšče		 тёщах
tjóščax
Pre-reform declension of тёща (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative тёща
tjóšča		 тёщи
tjóšči
genitive тёщи
tjóšči		 тёщъ
tjóšč
dative тёщѣ
tjóščě		 тёщамъ
tjóščam
accusative тёщу
tjóšču		 тёщъ
tjóšč
instrumental тёщей, тёщею
tjóščej, tjóščeju		 тёщами
tjóščami
prepositional тёщѣ
tjóščě		 тёщахъ
tjóščax

See also

Further reading
  • тёща in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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