баланда

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Lithuanian balánda (“orach, Atriplex spp.”),[1] perhaps referencing to the poor taste of meal cooked with this plant.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

бала́нда • (balánda) f inan (genitive бала́нды, nominative plural бала́нды, genitive plural бала́нд, diminutive бала́ндочка, augmentative бала́ндища)

  1. (nautical, obsolete) skillygalee
  2. (colloquial) very thin, usually tasteless soup, prison swill
  3. (prison slang) meal
  4. (figuratively, colloquial, rare) idle talk, nonsense, unnecessary or disingenuous chatter

Declension[edit]

Declension of бала́нда (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative бала́нда
balánda 		бала́нды
balándy
genitive бала́нды
balándy 		бала́нд
balánd
dative бала́нде
balánde 		бала́ндам
balándam
accusative бала́нду
balándu 		бала́нды
balándy
instrumental бала́ндой, бала́ндою
balándoj, balándoju 		бала́ндами
balándami
prepositional бала́нде
balánde 		бала́ндах
balándax

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210519224207/https://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=/usr/local/share/starling/morpho&morpho=1&basename=morpho\vasmer\vasmer&first=1&off=&text_word=%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0&method_word=substring&ic_word=on&text_general=&method_general=substring&ic_general=on&text_origin=&method_origin=substring&ic_origin=on&text_trubachev=&method_trubachev=substring&ic_trubachev=on&text_editorial=&method_editorial=substring&ic_editorial=on&text_pages=&method_pages=substring&ic_pages=on&text_any=&method_any=substring&sort=word&ic_any=on
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