баба

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Avar[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

баба • (baba)

  1. mother; mom, mum

See also[edit]

Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

баба • (bába) f

  1. grandmother, grandma, granny, gran
  2. old woman, goody, granny
  3. mother-in-law (one’s wife’s mother)
  4. midwife, wise woman
  5. wise woman, sorceress, witch
  6. woman, weakling, milksop, mollycoddle, molly, old maid
  7. monkey

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of баба
singular plural
indefinite баба баби
definite бабата бабите
vocative form бабо баби

Macedonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

баба • (baba) f (plural баби)

  1. grandmother, grandma, granny, gran
  2. old woman, goody, granny
  3. mother-in-law (one’s wife’s mother)
  4. midwife

Inflection[edit]

Declension of баба
singular plural
indefinite баба баби
definite unspecified бабата бабите
definite proximal бабава бабиве
definite distal бабана бабине
vocative бабо баби

Old Church Slavonic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

Noun[edit]

баба • (baba) f

  1. grandmother
  2. midwife
  3. wet nurse

Old East Slavic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

Noun[edit]

баба (baba) f

  1. married woman
  2. midwife
  3. fortune teller, hex
  4. (in the plural) women

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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

Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ба́ба • (bába) f anim, f inan (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб)

  1. (disdainful) woman, countrywoman
    Все ба́бы — ду́ры; все мужики́ — сво́лочи ― Vse báby — dúry; vse mužikí — svóloči ― "Every woman is stupid, every man a bastard" (contemporary Russian saying)
  2. (childish) grandma, granny (short for бабушка)
    Ма́ма, а где ба́ба? ― Máma, a gde bába? ― Mom, where’s grandma?
  3. (informal or archaic) old woman (short for бабушка)
    Жи́ли-бы́ли дед да ба́ба ― Žíli-býli ded da bába ― There once lived an old man and his old woman.
  4. (colloquial, slang, pejorative) woman, female, broad
    Кто э́та ба́ба? ― Kto éta bába? ― Who's that broad?
  5. (obsolete) peasant’s wife, peasant woman
  6. (weak man) milksop, old woman
  7. (technical) ram (of pile driver)
  8. (technical) drop weight
  9. (cooking) baba (tall, cylindrical cake), bundt cake, gugelhupf
    ро́мовая ба́ба ― rómovaja bába ― rum baba, rum cake
  10. сне́жная ба́ба — snowman
  11. ка́менная ба́ба — primitive stone statue

Declension[edit]

Declension of ба́ба (bian fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ба́ба
bába		 ба́бы
báby
genitive ба́бы
báby		 ба́б
báb
dative ба́бе
bábe		 ба́бам
bábam
accusative animate

inanimate		 ба́бу
bábu		 ба́б
báb
ба́бы
báby
instrumental ба́бой, ба́бою
báboj, báboju		 ба́бами
bábami
prepositional ба́бе
bábe		 ба́бах
bábax

Related terms[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bâba/
  • Hyphenation: ба‧ба

Noun[edit]

ба̏ба f (Latin spelling bȁba)

  1. grandmother
  2. granny, grandma
  3. (usually pejorative) old woman
  4. (pejorative) female person

Declension[edit]

Declension of баба
singular plural
nominative ба̏ба бабе
genitive бабе ба̑ба̄
dative баби бабама
accusative бабу бабе
vocative бабо бабе
locative баби бабама
instrumental бабом бабама

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “баба” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *baba.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ба́ба • (bába) f anim (genitive ба́би, nominative plural баби́)

  1. grandmother, granny, old woman (in some cases maternal grandmother only).
  2. name of a special, delicate ritual bread that is blessed by a priest at Easter (also called бабка, babka).
  3. a name given to сніп (snip) at Christmas, a sheaf of grain (wheat or rye), brought into the home for Christmas Eve supper (svjatá večérja), placed in a corner of the room and later fed to livestock or cattle.
  4. a fortune teller or witch, practising the art of віск зливати (wax pouring).
  5. sexy bitch (girlfriend or wife).

Declension[edit]

Declension of ба́ба
singular plural
nominative ба́ба
bába		 баби́
babý
genitive ба́би
báby		 баб, бабі́в
bab, babív
dative ба́бі
bábi		 баба́м
babám
accusative ба́бу
bábu		 баб, бабі́в
bab, babív
instrumental ба́бою
báboju		 баба́ми
babámy
locative ба́бі
bábi		 баба́х
babáx
vocative ба́бо
bábo		 баби́
babý

References[edit]

  • Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), “баба”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka
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