аўгіевы стайні

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• aŭhijewy stajni, aŭhijevy stajni — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Compare Polish stajnia Augiasza, Russian а́вгиевы коню́шни (ávgijevy konjúšni), Ukrainian а́вгієві ста́йні (ávhijevi stájni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈau̯ɣʲijevɨ ˈstajnʲi]

Noun

а́ўгіевы ста́йні • (áŭhijevy stájni) f inan pl (genitive а́ўгіеў ста́йняў, plural only)

1. (Greek mythology) Augean stables (filthy stables of Augeas, the cleaning of which was the fifth of the seven Labors of Hercules)
2. (idiomatic) Augean stables (place or situation characterized by filth or corruption)

Declension

Declension of а́ўгіевы ста́йні (inan pl-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	plural
nominative	а́ўгіевы ста́йні áŭhijevy stájni
genitive	а́ўгіеў ста́йняў áŭhijeŭ stájnjaŭ
dative	а́ўгіевам ста́йням áŭhijevam stájnjam
accusative	а́ўгіевы ста́йні áŭhijevy stájni
instrumental	а́ўгіевамі ста́йнямі áŭhijevami stájnjami
locative	а́ўгіевах ста́йнях áŭhijevax stájnjax

Synonyms

• (both senses): а́ўгіевы каню́шні (áŭhijevy kanjúšni)

References

• “аўгіевы стайні” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “аўгіеў”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)