ништяк

Russian

Etymology

From Fenya criminal argot. Borrowed from Romani nyst and from Yiddish נישט (nisht). Now common in colloquial speech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲɪʂˈtʲak]

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Noun

ништя́к • (ništják) m inan (genitive ништя́ка, nominative plural ништя́ки, genitive plural ништя́ков)

1. tasty (mostly sweet) food; cookie
2. food that has been thrown away but is going to be eaten by someone else (mostly due to lack of money and not proper freeganism)
3. something regarded as good and gotten for free

Declension

Declension of ништя́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ништя́к ništják	ништяки́ ništjakí
genitive	ништяка́ ništjaká	ништяко́в ništjakóv
dative	ништяку́ ništjakú	ништяка́м ništjakám
accusative	ништя́к ništják	ништяки́ ništjakí
instrumental	ништяко́м ništjakóm	ништяка́ми ništjakámi
prepositional	ништяке́ ništjaké	ништяка́х ništjakáx

Predicative

ништя́к • (ništják)

1. it is very good