прабаба

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prababa. By surface analysis, пра- (pra-) +‎ баба (baba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprabɐbɐ]

Noun

пра́баба • (prábaba) f

1. great-grandmother

Declension

Declension of пра́баба

	singular	plural
indefinite	пра́баба prábaba	пра́баби prábabi
definite	пра́бабата prábabata	пра́бабите prábabite
vocative form	пра́бабо prábabo	пра́баби prábabi

Derived terms

• пра-пра́баба (pra-prábaba, “great-great-grandmother”)

Further reading

• “прабаба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Alternative forms

• пребаба (prebaba)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prababa. By surface analysis, пра- (pra-, “great-”) +‎ баба (baba, “grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprababa]
• Hyphenation: пра‧ба‧ба

Noun

прабаба • (prababa) f (plural прабаби, masculine прадедо)

1. great-grandmother

Declension

Declension of прабаба

	singular	plural
indefinite	прабаба	прабаби
definite unspecified	прабабата	прабабите
definite proximal	прабабава	прабабиве
definite distal	прабабана	прабабине
vocative	прабабо	прабаби

Derived terms

• прапрабаба f (praprababa)

See also

• чукунбаба f (čukunbaba)

References

• “прабаба”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language]‎^[1] (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 59
• “прабаба” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic прабаба (prababa), from Proto-Slavic *prababa. By surface analysis, пра- (pra-) +‎ ба́ба (bába).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prɐˈbabɐ]

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Noun

праба́ба • (prabába) f pers (genitive праба́би, nominative plural прабаби́)

1. great-grandmother

   Synonym: прабабу́ся (prababúsja)

Declension

Declension of праба́ба (pers hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	праба́ба prabába	праба́би prabáby
genitive	праба́би prabáby	праба́б prabáb
dative	праба́бі prabábi	праба́бам prabábam
accusative	праба́бу prabábu	праба́б prabáb
instrumental	праба́бою prabáboju	праба́бами prabábamy
locative	праба́бі prabábi	праба́бах prabábax
vocative	праба́бо prabábo	праба́би prabáby

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “прабаба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “прабаба”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)