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

• тще́тный (tščétnyj)

Related terms

• то́щий (tóščij)