баща

See also: башта

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *batę; compare to Russian ба́тя (bátja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐʃˈta]

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• Hyphenation^(key): ба‧ща

Noun

баща́ • (baštá) m

1. father
2. guardian
3. (figurative) patriarch, founder, originator, initiator

Declension

Declension of баща́

	singular	plural
indefinite	баща́ baštá	бащи́ baští
definite	баща́та baštáta	бащи́те baštíte
vocative form	ба́що bášto	бащи́ baští

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