затея
Russian
Alternative forms
- затѣ́я (zatě́ja) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))
Etymology
Attested first from the year 1771, of unknown provenance; it is not known whether -за- is a prefix and what the -тѣй- part could be.
Pronunciation
Noun
зате́я • (zatéja) f inan (genitive зате́и, nominative plural зате́и, genitive plural зате́й)
- enterprise, undertaking
- (usually plural) piece of fun, fancy
Declension
Declension of зате́я (inan fem-form vowel-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- затева́ть (zatevátʹ), зате́ять (zatéjatʹ)
- зате́йник (zatéjnik), затейница (zatejnica)
- зате́йливый (zatéjlivyj), незате́йливый (nezatéjlivyj)
References
- Kiparsky, Valentin (1975) Russische historische Grammatik. Band III: Entwicklung des Wortschatzes (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 172
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