ахінея

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Of unclear origin. The Russian cognate ахине́я (axinéja) is thought to derive either from dialectal Russian 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).

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Noun

ахіне́я (axinéjaf inan (genitive ахіне́ї, uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) drivel, gibberish, nonsense, rot, twaddle
    Synonyms: безглу́здя n (bezhlúzdja), дурни́ця f (durnýcja), нісені́тниця f (nisenítnycja), но́нсенс m (nónsens)
    Не неси́ ахіне́ю!Ne nesý axinéju!Don't talk drivel!

Declension

Declension of ахіне́я
(inan sg-only j-stem fem-form accent-a)
singular
nominative ахіне́я
axinéja
genitive ахіне́ї
axinéji
dative ахіне́ї
axinéji
accusative ахіне́ю
axinéju
instrumental ахіне́єю
axinéjeju
locative ахіне́ї
axinéji
vocative ахіне́є
axinéje

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “ахінея”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  2. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2007) “ахине́я”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 347
  3. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ахинея”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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