враньё

See also: вранье

Russian

Etymology

from врать (vratʹ, “to lie”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vrɐˈnʲjɵ]

• Audio:

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Noun

враньё • (vranʹjó) n inan (genitive вранья́, uncountable)

1. lies, nonsense, tall tales; vranyo

   Synonyms: враки (vraki), ложь (ložʹ), небыли́ца (nebylíca)

   сплошно́е враньё ― splošnóje vranʹjó ― a pack of lies

2. lying

Usage notes

• Some Russians differentiate between ложь (ložʹ) and враньё (vranʹjó). A lie which is told to deceive someone is a ложь. Tall tales told without the malicious intention of deceiving others are враньё. In practice, however, both words can be used with the same meaning, враньё sounding informal and ложь sounding formal.

Declension

Declension of враньё (inan sg-only neut-form vowel-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	враньё vranʹjó
genitive	вранья́ vranʹjá
dative	вранью́ vranʹjú
accusative	враньё vranʹjó
instrumental	враньём vranʹjóm
prepositional	вранье́ vranʹjé

Related terms

• враль (vralʹ)
• врать (vratʹ)
• врун (vrun)

Descendants

• → English: vranyo

See also

• туфта (tufta)