барахло

Russian

Etymology

Derived from dialectal or Old East Slavic борошень (borošenĭ, travel belongings), through an intermediate form *борохъло before undergoing akanye, itself from *борох, from the same origin *borchъ, whence Czech brašna (travel bag), a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, from where беру (beru, I carry), брать (bratʹ, to carry) and Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō, I carry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bərɐˈxɫo]

Noun

барахло́ • (baraxlón inan (genitive барахла́, uncountable, pejorative барахли́шко)

  1. (uncountable) goods and chattels, belongings
  2. (uncountable) junk, trash, odds and ends

Declension

Descendants

  • Polish: barachło
  • Ukrainian: барахло́ (baraxló)

References

  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “барахло”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian барахло́ (baraxló).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɐrɐˈxɫɔ]
  • Hyphenation: ба‧ра‧хло

Noun

барахло́ • (baraxlón inan (genitive барахла́, uncountable, relational adjective барахля́ний or барахо́льний, pejorative барахлечко́)

  1. (colloquial, uncountable) things, stuff, belongings
  2. (colloquial, uncountable) junk, trash

Declension

Declension of барахло́
(inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-d)
singular
nominative барахло́
baraxló
genitive барахла́
baraxlá
dative барахлу́
baraxlú
accusative барахло́
baraxló
instrumental барахло́м
baraxlóm
locative барахлу́, барахлі́
baraxlú, baraxlí
vocative барахло́
baraxló

Derived terms

verbs
  • барахо́лити impf (baraxólyty)
adjectives
  • барахля́ний (baraxljányj)
  • барахо́льний (baraxólʹnyj)
nouns
  • барахлечко́ n (baraxlečkó)
  • барахо́льник m (baraxólʹnyk)
  • барахо́льщик m (baraxólʹščyk)

Further reading