banialuki

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Polish

Etymology

From Banialuka, a princess in a fantasy poem by Hieronim Morsztyn,[1] named after Banja Luka, a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ɲaˈlu.ki/
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  • Rhymes: -uki
  • Syllabification: ba‧nia‧lu‧ki

Noun

banialuki nvir pl

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) poppycock; bunkum
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsens

Declension

Declension of banialuki
plural
nominative banialuki
genitive banialuk
dative banialukom
accusative banialuki
instrumental banialukami
locative banialukach
vocative banialuki

References

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “banialuki”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna: “‘bajdy’, od królewny Banialuki, bohaterki pierwszej drukowanej a oryginalnej bajki Hier. Morsztyna”

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