барахло

Russian

Etymology

Derived from dialectal or Old East Slavic борошень (borošenĭ, “travel belongings”), through an intermediate form *борохъло before undergoing akanye, itself from *борох, from the same origin *borchъ, whence Czech brašna (“travel bag”), a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, from where беру (beru, “I carry”), брать (bratʹ, “to carry”) and Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bərɐˈxɫo]

Noun

барахло́ • (baraxló) n inan (genitive барахла́, uncountable, pejorative барахли́шко)

1. (uncountable) goods and chattels, belongings
2. (uncountable) junk, trash, odds and ends

Declension

Declension of барахло́ (inan sg-only neut-form hard-stem accent-b reduc) 

	singular
nominative	барахло́ baraxló
genitive	барахла́ baraxlá
dative	барахлу́ baraxlú
accusative	барахло́ baraxló
instrumental	барахло́м baraxlóm
prepositional	барахле́ baraxlé

Related terms

• барахо́лка (baraxólka)

Descendants

• → Polish: barachło
• → Ukrainian: барахло́ (baraxló)

References

• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “барахло”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian барахло́ (baraxló).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐrɐˈxɫɔ]
• Hyphenation: ба‧ра‧хло

Noun

барахло́ • (baraxló) n inan (genitive барахла́, uncountable, relational adjective барахля́ний or барахо́льний, pejorative барахлечко́)

1. (colloquial, uncountable) things, stuff, belongings
2. (colloquial, uncountable) junk, trash

Declension

Declension of барахло́ (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	барахло́ baraxló
genitive	барахла́ baraxlá
dative	барахлу́ baraxlú
accusative	барахло́ baraxló
instrumental	барахло́м baraxlóm
locative	барахлу́, барахлі́ baraxlú, baraxlí
vocative	барахло́ baraxló

Derived terms

verbs

• барахо́лити impf (baraxólyty)

adjectives

• барахля́ний (baraxljányj)
• барахо́льний (baraxólʹnyj)

nouns

• барахлечко́ n (baraxlečkó)
• барахо́льник m (baraxólʹnyk)
• барахо́льщик m (baraxólʹščyk)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “барахло”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “барахло”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “барахло”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
• “барахло”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)