Breakdown of Банный веник нужно подготовить.
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Not quite in the ordinary English sense of broom.
In everyday Russian, веник can mean a broom made of twigs, but in the context of a баня (Russian bathhouse/steam bath), банный веник means a bundle of leafy branches used in the steam room for gently hitting or massaging the body.
So in this sentence, банный веник is best understood as a bath whisk or banya whisk, not a floor-cleaning broom.
Банный is an adjective meaning related to the bathhouse / bath / banya.
It comes from баня, which usually means a bathhouse or specifically a Russian steam bath.
So:
- баня = bathhouse, banya
- банный = bathhouse-related, bath-related
In банный веник, it tells you what kind of веник it is: the kind used in a bathhouse.
It is in the accusative singular, because it is the direct object of подготовить.
You are preparing what?
→ банный веник
However, for an inanimate masculine noun, the accusative singular looks exactly like the nominative singular:
- nominative: банный веник
- accusative: банный веник
So the form does not change, even though the case function does.