отсебятина

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐt͡sʲsʲɪˈbʲætʲɪnə]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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

Further reading

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