тёща

See also: тешта and теша

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʲɵɕːə]

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Noun

тёща • (tjóšča) f anim (genitive тёщи, nominative plural тёщи, genitive plural тёщ)

1. a man’s mother-in-law (wife’s mother only)

Declension

Declension of тёща (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	тёща tjóšča	тёщи tjóšči
genitive	тёщи tjóšči	тёщ tjóšč
dative	тёще tjóšče	тёщам tjóščam
accusative	тёщу tjóšču	тёщ tjóšč
instrumental	тёщей, тёщею tjóščej, tjóščeju	тёщами tjóščami
prepositional	тёще tjóšče	тёщах tjóščax

Pre-reform declension of тёща (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	тёща tjóšča	тёщи tjóšči
genitive	тёщи tjóšči	тёщъ tjóšč
dative	тёщѣ tjóščě	тёщамъ tjóščam
accusative	тёщу tjóšču	тёщъ tjóšč
instrumental	тёщей, тёщею tjóščej, tjóščeju	тёщами tjóščami
prepositional	тёщѣ tjóščě	тёщахъ tjóščax

Related terms

• тесть (testʹ)

See also

• зять (zjatʹ)
• свёкор (svjókor), свекро́вь (svekróvʹ)