ахінея

Ukrainian

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”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

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ахіне́я • (axinéja) f inan (genitive ахіне́ї, uncountable)

(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 of ахіне́я (inan sg-only j-stem fem-form accent-a)

^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ахінея”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
^ Anikin, A. E. (2007) “ахине́я”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 347
^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ахинея”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ахінея”, 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), “ахінея”, 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
A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “ахінея”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “ахінея”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
“ахінея”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
“ахінея”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)