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Ukrainian
Etymology
From бі́й (bíj) + -ня (-nja). Compare Russian бо́йня (bójnja).
Pronunciation
Noun
бі́йня • (bíjnja) f inan (genitive бі́йні, nominative plural бі́йні, genitive plural бо́єнь)
- butchery, carnage, massacre, slaughter (mass killing of people)
- Synonyms: кровопроли́ття́ n (krovoprolýttjá), різани́на f (rizanýna), різня́ f (riznjá)
2022 February 26, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “Звернення Президента України ввечері другого дня масштабної війни”, in president.gov.ua:
- Synonym of бі́йка f (bíjka).
Declension
Declension of бі́йня (inan soft fem-form accent-a і-о reduc)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бійня”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “бійня”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
- “бійня”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “бійня”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “бійня”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)