Russian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): [ɐxʲɪˈnʲejə]
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Noun edit

ахине́я (axinéjaf inan (genitive ахине́и, nominative plural ахине́и, genitive plural ахине́й)

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

Declension edit

References edit

  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