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Russian
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Thought to derive either from dialectal охи́нить (oxínitʹ, “to scold”) (related to хинь (xinʹ, “nonsense”) and хи́нить (xínitʹ, “to abuse”)) or from a seminarian usage of the word афинейский (afinejskij) in the sense of 'falsely learned', from Ancient Greek Ἀθηναῖος (Athēnaîos, “Athenian”). Compare Belarusian and Ukrainian ахіне́я (axinéja).
Pronunciation
Noun
ахине́я • (axinéja) f inan (genitive ахине́и, nominative plural ахине́и, genitive plural ахине́й)
- (colloquial) drivel
- Не неси́ ахине́ю! ― Ne nesí axinéju! ― Don't talk drivel!
Declension
References
- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2007) “ахине́я”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 347
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ахинея”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress