ништяк
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nʲɪʂˈtʲak]
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Etymology
From Fenya criminal argot. Borrowed from Romani nyst and from Yiddish נישט (nisht). Now common in colloquial speech.
Noun
ништя́к • (ništják) m inan (genitive ништя́ка, nominative plural ништя́ки, genitive plural ништя́ков)
- tasty (mostly sweet) food; cookie
- 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)
- 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)
- it is very good