Fromтот(tot), with the expressive prefixэ-(e-) (fromProto-Indo-European*h₁é), winning overсей(sej) in the 19th century. CompareSanskritएतद्(etád).
э́тот• (étot) m (demonstrative,feminineэ́та,neuterэ́то,pluralэ́ти)
- Mostly proximaldemonstrative determiner. Usually translated as "this"/"these", but can occasionally be translated as "that"/"those" and, in some cases, the Englishdefinite article, "the".
- Synonyms:(higher register, partial)да́нный(dánnyj),(dated or poetic)сей(sej),(partial)тот(tot)
Э́тотя́ркийобъе́кт -Вене́ра,авотэ́тотмига́ющийсвет -самолёт.- Étot járkij obʺjékt - Venéra, a votétot migájuščij svet - samoljót.
- That bright object is Venus, andthat flashing light is a plane.
- (May be used to indicate something physically or mentally distal to the speaker and translated as "that"/"those".)
Выдолжны́неме́дленнопоки́нутьэ́тотрайо́н.- Vy dolžný nemédlenno pokínutʹétot rajón.
- You have to leavethe area immediately.
- (May be translated as "the" when "the" is implied to mean "this", essentially taking on some of the role of the English definite article, in this case avoiding ambiguity over which region.)
э́тот• (étot) m (demonstrative,feminineэ́та,neuterэ́то,pluralэ́ти)
- this/thatone,these/those (ones)
- Synonyms:(higher register, partial)да́нный(dánnyj),(dated or poetic)сей(sej),(partial)тот(tot)
Э́тамоде́льсто́итпятьсо́трубле́й,авотэ́тасто́итсемьсо́т.- Éta modɛ́lʹ stóit pjatʹsót rubléj, a votéta stóit semʹsót.
- This model costs five hundred roubles, andthis one costs seven hundred.
- (Translated as "this one" / "these (ones)" when indicating something physically or mentally proximal to the speaker.)
Э́тотя́ркийобъе́кт -Вене́ра,авотэ́тот -Си́риус.- Étot járkij obʺjékt - Venéra, a votétot - Sírius.
- That bright object is Venus, andthat one is Sirius.
- (Translated as "that one" / "those (ones)" when indicating something physically or mentally distal to the speaker.)
- Seeэ́то(éto) for additional pronoun senses specific to the neuter singular.
- Although in theory proximal, use ofэ́тот(étot) overlaps with that of the English distal demonstrative pronouns,that andthose. The theoretically distal Russian demonstrative pronoun,тот(tot), is mostly used in a few mostly grammatically supportive roles.
- Due to often usage in colloquial speech,э́тот(étot) is considered inappropriate for documents and formal letters. The higher register termsда́нный(dánnyj),настоя́щий(nastojáščij) andвышеука́занный(vyšeukázannyj) are used instead.
