тёща

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word тёща. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word тёща, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say тёща in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word тёща you have here. The definition of the word тёща will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofтёща, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьšča.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

тёща (tjóščaf anim (genitive тёщи, nominative plural тёщи, genitive plural тёщ)

  1. the mother of one's wife; mother-in-law
    вы́колю себе́ глаз, пусть у тёщи зять криво́й бу́детvýkolju sebé glaz, pustʹ u tjóšči zjatʹ krivój búdetI'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

See also

Further reading

  • тёща in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru