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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьšča.
Pronunciation
Noun
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”)
Declension
See also
Further reading
- тёща in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru