снежная баба

Russian edit

 
снежная баба

Etymology edit

Literally: "snow woman", ба́ба (bába) in contemporary usage is pejorative in the sense of "woman".

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲnʲeʐnəjə ˈbabə]

Noun edit

сне́жная ба́ба (snéžnaja bábaf anim (genitive сне́жной ба́бы, nominative plural сне́жные ба́бы, genitive plural сне́жных ба́б)

  1. snowman (figure made of snow)
    Synonym: снегови́к (snegovík)

Declension edit