балаболка

Russian

FWOTD – 7 July 2013

Etymology

From балабо́лить (balabólitʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bəɫɐˈboɫkə]

Noun

балабо́лка • (balabólka) m anim or f anim (genitive балабо́лки, nominative plural балабо́лки, genitive plural балабо́лок)

(colloquial) chatterbox, windbag
Synonym: болту́н (boltún)

Declension

Declension of балабо́лка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	балабо́лка balabólka	балабо́лки balabólki
genitive	балабо́лки balabólki	балабо́лок balabólok
dative	балабо́лке balabólke	балабо́лкам balabólkam
accusative	балабо́лку balabólku	балабо́лок balabólok
instrumental	балабо́лкой, балабо́лкою balabólkoj, balabólkoju	балабо́лками balabólkami
prepositional	балабо́лке balabólke	балабо́лках balabólkax

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:балаболка.

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “балаболить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “балаболка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “балагур”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “балакать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “баламут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “балахвост”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “балахлыст”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “балаболить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 66
Shansky, N. M. (1965) “балаболка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 18
Anikin, A. E. (2008) “балаболить”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 114
Anikin, A. E. (2008) “балаболка”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 114