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 ништяка́, nominative plural ништяки́, genitive plural ништяко́в)

  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
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