әбей
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Bashkir[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A front vowel parallel to Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Front row variant äbey is recent and may have a Mongolian origin. For more see апай (apay).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
әбей • (əbey)
- old woman
- Бер ауылда ярлы ғына әбей йәшәгән, аның Йәнтимер исемле 12 йәшле улы булған ти.(From a fairy-tale)
- Ber awılda yarlı ğına əbey yəşəgən, anıñ Yəntimer isemle 12 yəşle ulı bulğan ti.
- A rather poor old woman lived in a village; she had a 12-year-old son called Yäntimer.
- (family term) the elder sister of the speaker's father or mother
- (Eastern Bashkir, North-Western Bashkir) an address to a woman older than the speaker's mother
Declension[edit]
Declension of әбей (əbey)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | әбей (əbey) | әбейҙәр (əbeyźər) |
| definite genitive | әбейҙең (əbeyźeñ) | әбейҙәрҙең (əbeyźərźeñ) |
| dative | әбейгә (əbeygə) | әбейҙәргә (əbeyźərgə) |
| definite accusative | әбейҙе (əbeyźe) | әбейҙәрҙе (əbeyźərźe) |
| locative | әбейҙә (əbeyźə) | әбейҙәрҙә (əbeyźərźə) |
| ablative | әбейҙән (əbeyźən) | әбейҙәрҙән (əbeyźərźən) |
See also[edit]
- инәй (inəy, “address to a woman older than the speaker's mother”) (Southern Bashkir, Standard)
References[edit]
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*apa/ *apa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill