ахинея

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”).[1][2] Compare Belarusian and Ukrainian ахіне́я (axinéja).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɐxʲɪˈnʲejə]
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Noun

ахине́я • (axinéja) f inan (genitive ахине́и, nominative plural ахине́и, genitive plural ахине́й)

  1. (colloquial) drivel
    Не неси́ ахине́ю! ― Ne nesí axinéju! ― Don't talk drivel!

Declension
Declension of ахине́я (inan fem-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ахине́я
axinéja		 ахине́и
axinéi
genitive ахине́и
axinéi		 ахине́й
axinéj
dative ахине́е
axinéje		 ахине́ям
axinéjam
accusative ахине́ю
axinéju		 ахине́и
axinéi
instrumental ахине́ей, ахине́ею
axinéjej, axinéjeju		 ахине́ями
axinéjami
prepositional ахине́е
axinéje		 ахине́ях
axinéjax

References
  1. 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
  2. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ахинея”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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