затея

Russian

Alternative forms

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
  • IPA(key): [zɐˈtʲejə]
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Noun

зате́я • (zatéja) f inan (genitive зате́и, nominative plural зате́и, genitive plural зате́й)

  1. enterprise, undertaking
  2. (usually plural) piece of fun, fancy

Declension
Declension of зате́я (inan fem-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative зате́я
zatéja		 зате́и
zatéi
genitive зате́и
zatéi		 зате́й
zatéj
dative зате́е
zatéje		 зате́ям
zatéjam
accusative зате́ю
zatéju		 зате́и
zatéi
instrumental зате́ей, зате́ею
zatéjej, zatéjeju		 зате́ями
zatéjami
prepositional зате́е
zatéje		 зате́ях
zatéjax

References
  • Kiparsky, Valentin (1975) Russische historische Grammatik. Band III: Entwicklung des Wortschatzes (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 172
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