баба
AvarEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Avaro-Andian: *babV (~ -o-), from Proto-Avaro-Andian: *babV (~ -o-)
Alternative formsEdit
- буба (buba)
NounEdit
баба • (baba)
See alsoEdit
- эбел (èbel)
BelarusianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ба́ба • (bába) f pers (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб)
- grandmother, granny, old woman
- (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman
- не ме́ла ба́ба кло́пату (дык) купі́ла ба́ба парася́ ― nje mjéla bába klópatu (dyk) kupíla bába parasjá ― the woman had no trouble but the woman has bought a piglet
- (colloquial, slang, derogatory) woman, female, broad
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ба́ба bába |
ба́бы báby |
genitive | ба́бы báby |
баб bab |
dative | ба́бе bábje |
ба́бам bábam |
accusative | ба́бу bábu |
баб bab |
instrumental | ба́бай, ба́баю bábaj, bábaju |
ба́бамі bábami |
locative | ба́бе bábje |
ба́бах bábax |
count form | — | ба́бы1 báby1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
NounEdit
ба́ба • (bába) f inan (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб)
- pile block
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ба́ба bába |
ба́бы báby |
genitive | ба́бы báby |
баб bab |
dative | ба́бе bábje |
ба́бам bábam |
accusative | ба́бу bábu |
ба́бы báby |
instrumental | ба́бай, ба́баю bábaj, bábaju |
ба́бамі bábami |
locative | ба́бе bábje |
ба́бах bábax |
count form | — | ба́бы1 báby1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
ReferencesEdit
- “баба” in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
BulgarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ба́ба • (bába) f
- grandmother, grandma, granny, gran
- old woman, goody, granny
- mother-in-law (one’s wife’s mother)
- midwife, wise woman
- wise woman, sorceress, witch
- woman, weakling, milksop, mollycoddle, molly, old maid
- monkey
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- баба in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- баба in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
KazakhEdit
Cyrillic | баба (baba) |
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Arabic | بابا |
NounEdit
баба • (baba)
DeclensionEdit
singular (жекеше) | plural (көпше) | |
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nominative (атау) | баба (baba) | бабалар (babalar) |
genitive (ілік) | бабаның (babanıñ) | бабалардың (babalardıñ) |
dative (барыс) | бабаға (babağa) | бабаларға (babalarğa) |
accusative (табыс) | бабаны (babanı) | бабаларды (babalardı) |
locative (жатыс) | бабада (babada) | бабаларда (babalarda) |
ablative (шығыс) | бабадан (babadan) | бабалардан (babalardan) |
instrumental (көмектес) | бабамен (babamen) | бабалармен (babalarmen) |
MacedonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- grandmother, grandma, granny, gran
- old woman, goody, granny
- mother-in-law (one’s wife’s mother)
- midwife
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- баба in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)
Old Church SlavonicEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (Glagolitic): ⰱⰰⰱⰰ (baba)
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
NounEdit
баба • (baba) f
Old East SlavicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
NounEdit
баба (baba) f
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Sreznevskij, I. I. (1893) , “баба”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 35
RussianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ба́ба • (bába) f anim or f inan (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб, related adjective ба́бий or ба́бский, diminutive бабёнка)
- (childish) grandma, granny (short for ба́бушка (bábuška))
- (informal or archaic) old woman (short for ба́бушка (bábuška))
- (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman
- (colloquial, slang, derogatory) woman, female, broad; countrywoman
- (obsolete) peasant’s wife, peasant woman
- (derogatory) milksop, old woman (weak man)
- (technical) ram (of a pile driver)
- (technical) drop weight
- (cooking) baba (tall, cylindrical cake), bundt cake, Gugelhupf
- in expressions
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
- ба́бушка (bábuška), ба́бка (bábka)
- Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá), Ба́бий Яр (Bábij Jar)
- бабу́ся (babúsja), бабу́ля (babúlja), ба́бка (bábka), ба́бник (bábnik), ба́бство (bábstvo)
- ба́бки (bábki), бабло́ (babló), бабло́сы (bablósy), бабо́сы (babósy)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ба̏ба f (Latin spelling bȁba)
- grandmother
- granny, grandma
- (usually derogatory) old woman
- (derogatory) female person
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “баба” in Hrvatski jezični portal
UkrainianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *baba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ба́ба • (bába) f pers (genitive ба́би, nominative plural баби́, genitive plural баб or бабі́в, related adjective ба́бський or ба́б'ячий)
- grandmother, granny, old woman (in some cases maternal grandmother only)
- a fortune teller or witch, practising the art of віск зливати (visk zlyvaty, “wax pouring”)
- (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman
- не ма́ла ба́ба кло́поту та купи́ла ба́ба порося́ ― ne mála bába klópotu ta kupýla bába porosjá ― the woman had no trouble but the woman has bought a piglet
- (colloquial, slang, derogatory) woman, female, broad
DeclensionEdit
NounEdit
ба́ба • (bába) f inan (genitive ба́би, nominative plural баби́, genitive plural баб)
- baba, babka (a special, delicate ritual bread that is blessed by a priest at Easter)
- Synonym: ба́бка (bábka)
- baba (a name given to сніп (snip) at Christmas, a sheaf of grain (wheat or rye), brought into the home for Christmas Eve supper свята́ вече́ря (svjatá večérja), placed in a corner of the room and later fed to livestock or cattle)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- баба in Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka
- баба in Horox (slovozmina)