баща

See also: башта

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *batь

Proto-Slavic *-ę

Proto-Slavic *batę

Bulgarian баща

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *batę, from *batь + *-ę. Compare to Russian ба́тя (bátja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐʃˈta]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ta
• Syllabification^(key): ба‧ща

Noun

баща́ • (baštá) m (relational adjective ба́щин or ба́щински)

1. father father (a male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.))

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:баща

   Hypernym: родител (roditel)

   Coordinate term: майка (majka)

2. (biology) sire (a male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and in biological research))
3. (plural only) forefathers, predecessors, forebears (previous generations)
4. (figurative) guardian

   Synonyms: закрилник (zakrilnik), покровител (pokrovitel)

5. (figurative, literary) patriarch, founder, originator, initiator

Usage notes

• Since the word does not have a form for the vocative case, the practice is to use the vocative case form of its synonyms.

Declension

Declension of баща́

	singular	plural
indefinite	баща́ baštá	бащи́ baští
definite	баща́та baštáta	бащи́те baštíte
vocative form	—1 —1	бащи́ baští

¹Pet forms are preferred.

References

• “баща”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “баща”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “баща”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024
• “баща”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “баща”, in Infolex Bulgarian Dictionary (in Bulgarian), Institute for Bulgarian Language, 2014

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “баща”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 37
• Nayden Gerov (1895), “баща”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 29