баланда

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɐˈɫandə]

Noun

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
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
  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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