баняк

Ukrainian

Etymology

From ба́ня (bánja) +‎ -я́к (-ják), from Old East Slavic банꙗ (banja, “bathing place”) from Proto-Slavic *baňa, from Vulgar Latin *bānea, from Latin balineum, from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon, “bath, bathhouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈnʲak]

Noun

баня́к • (banják) m inan (genitive баняка́, nominative plural баняки́, genitive plural банякі́в)

1. A cauldron for cooking food.

   Synonym: каза́н (kazán)

2. (derogatory) A stupid person.

Declension

Declension of баня́к (inan velar masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	баня́к banják	баняки́ banjaký
genitive	баняка́ banjaká	банякі́в banjakív
dative	баняко́ві, баняку́ banjakóvi, banjakú	баняка́м banjakám
accusative	баня́к banják	баняки́ banjaký
instrumental	баняко́м banjakóm	баняка́ми banjakámy
locative	баняку́ banjakú	баняка́х banjakáx
vocative	баняку́ banjakú	баняки́ banjaký

Descendants

• → English: baniak

Further reading

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