Belarusian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ба́бушка (bábuškaf pers (genitive ба́бушкі, nominative plural ба́бушкі, genitive plural ба́бушак)

  1. (rare) grandmother
    Synonyms: бабу́ля (babúlja), бабу́ня (babúnja), бабу́ся (babúsja), ба́бка (bábka), ба́ба (bába)

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Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbabuʃka]
  • Hyphenation: ба‧буш‧ка

Noun edit

бабушка (babuškaf (plural бабушки, diminutive бабувче)

  1. bell pepper
    Synonym: бабура (babura)
  2. a large needle
  3. toothless sheep
  4. a small fish in the river Bregalnica

Usage notes edit

  • The word can also mean "grandma", but that meaning hasn't been added to dictionaries. Macedonians rarely use it in a jokingly way. Instead, ба́ба (bába) is used for grandma.

Declension edit

References edit

  • бабушка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babušьka. By surface analysis, ба́ба (bába) +‎ -ушка (-uška).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbabʊʂkə]
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Noun edit

ба́бушка (bábuškaf anim (genitive ба́бушки, nominative plural ба́бушки, genitive plural ба́бушек)

  1. grandmother, grandma, granny
    расскажи́ э́то свое́й ба́бушкеrasskaží éto svojéj bábušketell it to Sweeney, tell it to the marines
  2. old lady
  3. (slang) Gandhi's breakfast, eighty in the lotto game

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Descendants edit

  • Ingrian: baabuška
  • English: babushka
  • Romanian: băbușcă
  • Votic: baabuškõ
  • Yakut: баабыска (baabıska, midwife; grandmother; old woman)

See also edit