бабить

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From баба + -ить. The various definitions are derived from the traditional roles that older women took on with the exception of the last, which relates to a secondary meaning of баба.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ба́бить (bábitʹimpf

  1. (regional, archaic, Novgorod, Pskov, Smolensk, Kaluga, Oryol, Kursk, Nizhegorod, Arkhangelsk, Perm) to work as a midwife
  2. (regional, archaic, Kursk, Oryol, Nizhegorod, Perm) to heal, to cure
  3. (regional, archaic, Oboyan, Kursk, Orlov) to do magic, to enchant
  4. (regional, archaic, Vologda) to be married

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