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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъščь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tuskjas, from Proto-Indo-European *tus-sḱ-yós, from *tews- (“to empty”), from *tew- (“to swell”).
Cognate with Polish czczy, Lithuanian tùščias, Latvian tukšs, Vedic Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchyá), Persian تهی (tohi).
Pronunciation
Adjective
то́щий • (tóščij) (comparative (по)тоще́е or (по)тоще́й)
- gaunt, scrawny, thin
1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин , “Племяннушка”, in Господа Головлёвы, Санкт-Петербург: Отечественные записки; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:Походи́ла А́ннинька и по двору́, загляну́ла в слу́жбы, на гумно́, на ско́тный двор. Там, среди́ наво́зной то́пи, стоя́л «оборо́тный капита́л»: штук два́дцать то́щих коро́в да три ло́шади.- Poxodíla Ánninʹka i po dvorú, zagljanúla v slúžby, na gumnó, na skótnyj dvor. Tam, sredí navóznoj tópi, stojál «oborótnyj kapitál»: štuk dvádcatʹ tóščix koróv da tri lóšadi.
- Anninka also walked round the yard, looked into the outbuildings, the threshing-barn, and stock-yard. There, standing in the midden, was her ‘working capital’: twenty or so lean cows and three horses.
Declension
Declension of то́щий (short class c)
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