балаканина

From бала́кання (balákannja) +‎ -и́на (-ýna).

• IPA^(key): [bɐɫɐkɐˈnɪnɐ]

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балакани́на • (balakanýna) f inan (genitive балакани́ни, uncountable)

1. chatter (talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk)
2. blather, jibber-jabber (meaningless talk)

   Synonym: базі́кання n (bazíkannja)

3. chit-chat, nattering (light conversation; casual talk, usually about trivial matters)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “балаканина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “балаканина”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “балаканина”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “балаканина”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “балаканина”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “балаканина”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “балаканина”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)