тёща
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьšča.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]тёща • (tjóšča) f anim (genitive тёщи, nominative plural тёщи, genitive plural тёщ)
- 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”)
- 1866, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава четвёртая”, in Островитяне; English translation from The Islanders, (Please provide a date or year):
- Он назва́л себя́ Фри́дрихом Шу́льцем; сказа́л, что он зять мада́м Норк и что пришёл поблагодари́ть меня́ от тёщи и от себя́ за внима́ние, ока́занное вчера́ де́тям.
- On nazvál sebjá Frídrixom Šúlʹcem; skazál, što on zjatʹ madám Nork i što prišól poblagodarítʹ menjá ot tjóšči i ot sebjá za vnimánije, okázannoje včerá détjam.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Pre-reform declension of тёща (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
Related terms
[edit]- тесть (testʹ)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- тёща in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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