басня
See also: басна
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *basnь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbasnʲɐ]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file) - Rhymes: -asnʲɐ
- Syllabification(key): ба‧сня
- Hyphenation(key): бас‧ня
Noun
ба́сня • (básnja) f (diminutive ба́сничка)
- fable (a fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc)
- (figuratively) fable, untruth, cock-and-bull story, fib
- (archaic, literary) myth
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ба́сня básnja |
ба́сни básni |
| definite | ба́снята básnjata |
ба́сните básnite |
References
- “басня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “басня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams
- бясна (bjasna)
Russian
Alternative forms
- баснь (basnʹ) — archaic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *basnь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbasnʲə]
Audio (Saint Petersburg): (file)
Noun
ба́сня • (básnja) f inan (genitive ба́сни, nominative plural ба́сни, genitive plural ба́сен, relational adjective ба́сенный, diminutive ба́сенка)
- (literary genre) fable
- (figuratively) fable, untruth, cock-and-bull story, fib
Declension
Declension of ба́сня (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a reduc)
Pre-reform declension of ба́сня (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a reduc)
Derived terms
- поба́сенка f (pobásenka)
Compound words:
- басносло́вный (basnoslóvnyj)
- баснопи́сец m (basnopísec)
Compounds:
- корми́ть ба́снями impf (kormítʹ básnjami)
- Proverbs
- соловья́ ба́снями не ко́рмят (solovʹjá básnjami ne kórmjat)
Related terms
- ба́йка f (bájka)
- ба́ять impf (bájatʹ)
- прибау́тка f (pribaútka)
- Borrowed
Descendants
- → Ingrian: basnja
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “басня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “баснь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.