Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bā́ˀbāˀ

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This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From nursery language.

Noun

*bā́ˀbāˀ f[1][2]

  1. old woman

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Declension of *bā́ˀbāˀ (ā-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *bā́ˀbā́ˀ *{{{2}}}āiˀ *{{{2}}}ās
Accusative *{{{2}}}ā(ˀ)n *{{{2}}}āiˀ *{{{2}}}ā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *bā́ˀbā́(ˀ)s *bā́ˀbā́u(ˀ) *bā́ˀbṓn
Locative *bā́ˀbā́iˀ *bā́ˀbā́u(ˀ) *bā́ˀbā́(ˀ)su
Dative *{{{2}}}āi *bā́ˀbā́(ˀ)(ˀ) *bā́ˀbā́(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *{{{2}}}āˀn *bā́ˀbā́(ˀ)māˀ *bā́ˀbā́(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *{{{2}}}a *{{{2}}}āiˀ *{{{2}}}ās

Descendants

  • Latgalian: bõba
  • Latvian: bãba
  • Lithuanian: bóba
  • Proto-Slavic: *bàba (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bàba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 32:*báʔbaʔ
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “boba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96:*báʔbaʔ