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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
Noun
тщета́ • (tščetá) f inan (genitive тщеты́, uncountable)
- (literary) vanity
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