отсебятина

Russian

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Etymology

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From от- (ot-) +‎ себя (sebja) +‎ -ина (-ina).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɐt͡sʲsʲɪˈbʲætʲɪnə]
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Noun

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отсебя́тина (otsebjátinaf inan (genitive отсебя́тины, uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) one's own words inserted in some context, in someone else's speech
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) someone's baseless judgment or action

Declension

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Further reading

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  • отсебятина in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru