баба
Avar
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- буба (buba)
Noun
[edit]баба • (baba)
See also
[edit]- эбел (ebel)
Belarusian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *baba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ба́ба • (bába) f pers (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб)
- grandmother, granny, old woman
- (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman
- не ме́ла ба́ба кло́пату (дык) купі́ла ба́ба парася́ ― nje mjéla bába klópatu (dyk) kupíla bába parasjá ― the woman had no trouble but the woman has bought a piglet
- (colloquial, slang, derogatory) woman, female, broad
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | ба́ба bába |
ба́бы báby |
genitive | ба́бы báby |
баб bab |
dative | ба́бе bábje |
ба́бам bábam |
accusative | ба́бу bábu |
баб bab |
instrumental | ба́бай, ба́баю bábaj, bábaju |
ба́бамі bábami |
locative | ба́бе bábje |
ба́бах bábax |
count form | — | ба́бы1 báby1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Noun
[edit]ба́ба • (bába) f inan (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб)
- pile block
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | ба́ба bába |
ба́бы báby |
genitive | ба́бы báby |
баб bab |
dative | ба́бе bábje |
ба́бам bábam |
accusative | ба́бу bábu |
ба́бы báby |
instrumental | ба́бай, ба́баю bábaj, bábaju |
ба́бамі bábami |
locative | ба́бе bábje |
ба́бах bábax |
count form | — | ба́бы1 báby1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
[edit]- “баба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *baba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ба́ба • (bába) f
- grandmother, grandma, granny, gran
- old woman, goody, granny
- mother-in-law (one’s wife’s mother)
- midwife, wise woman
- wise woman, sorceress, witch
- woman, weakling, milksop, mollycoddle, molly, old maid
- monkey
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- “баба”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “баба”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Hunzib
[edit]Noun
[edit]баба • (baba)
Kazakh
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Arabic | بابا |
Cyrillic | баба |
Latin | baba |
Yañalif | ʙaʙa |
Noun
[edit]баба • (baba)
Declension
[edit]singular (жекеше) | plural (көпше) | |
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nominative (атау септік) | баба (baba) | бабалар (babalar) |
genitive (ілік септік) | бабаның (babanyñ) | бабалардың (babalardyñ) |
dative (барыс септік) | бабаға (babağa) | бабаларға (babalarğa) |
accusative (табыс септік) | бабаны (babany) | бабаларды (babalardy) |
locative (жатыс септік) | бабада (babada) | бабаларда (babalarda) |
ablative (шығыс септік) | бабадан (babadan) | бабалардан (babalardan) |
instrumental (көмектес септік) | бабамен (babamen) | бабалармен (babalarmen) |
Khinalug
[edit]Noun
[edit]баба (baba)
Komi-Zyrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian баба (baba).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]баба • (baba)
Declension
[edit]Declension of баба (stem: баба-) | |||
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nominative | баба (baba) | бабаяс (babajas) | |
accusative | I* | баба (baba) | бабаяс (babajas) |
II* | бабаӧс (babaös) | бабаясӧс (babajasös) | |
instrumental | бабаӧн (babaön) | бабаясӧн (babajasön) | |
comitative | бабакӧд (babaköd) | бабаяскӧд (babajasköd) | |
caritive | бабатӧг (babatög) | бабаястӧг (babajastög) | |
consecutive | бабала (babala) | бабаясла (babajasla) | |
genitive | бабалӧн (babalön) | бабаяслӧн (babajaslön) | |
ablative | бабалысь (babalyś) | бабаяслысь (babajaslyś) | |
dative | бабалы (babaly) | бабаяслы (babajasly) | |
inessive | бабаын (babayn) | бабаясын (babajasyn) | |
elative | бабаысь (babayś) | бабаясысь (babajasyś) | |
illative | бабаӧ (babaö) | бабаясӧ (babajasö) | |
egressive | бабасянь (babaśań) | бабаяссянь (babajasśań) | |
approximative | бабалань (babalań) | бабаяслань (babajaslań) | |
terminative | бабаӧдз (babaödź) | бабаясӧдз (babajasödź) | |
prolative | I | бабаӧд (babaöd) | бабаясӧд (babajasöd) |
II | бабаті (babati) | бабаясті (babajasti) | |
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Derived terms
[edit]- нывбаба (nyvbaba)
References
[edit]- Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 37
- L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь, →ISBN, page 31
Macedonian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]баба • (baba) f (plural баби, relational adjective бабин or бапски, diminutive бабичка or бабиче or бабуле, augmentative бабиште or бабетина)
- grandmother, grandma, granny, gran
- old woman, goody, granny
- mother-in-law (one’s wife’s mother)
- midwife
- (in the singular) the last three days of March
- (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman
- (derogatory) milksop, weakling, old woman (weak man)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- “баба” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بابا (baba) (Turkish baba).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]баба • (baba) m (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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indefinite | баба |
definite unspecified | — |
definite proximal | — |
definite distal | — |
vocative | бабо |
References
[edit]- “баба” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Old Church Slavonic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (Glagolitic): ⰱⰰⰱⰰ (baba)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *baba.
Noun
[edit]баба • (baba) f
Declension
[edit]singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | баба baba |
бабѣ babě |
бабꙑ baby |
genitive | бабꙑ baby |
бабоу babu |
бабъ babŭ |
dative | бабѣ babě |
бабама babama |
бабамъ babamŭ |
accusative | бабѫ babǫ |
бабѣ babě |
бабꙑ baby |
instrumental | бабоѭ babojǫ |
бабама babama |
бабами babami |
locative | бабѣ babě |
бабоу babu |
бабахъ babaxŭ |
vocative | бабо babo |
бабѣ babě |
бабꙑ baby |
See also
[edit]отьчьство (otĭčĭstvo, “family”) | Male | Female |
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parent родител҄ь (roditelʹĭ) |
отьць (otĭcĭ), авва (avva, “father”) | мати (mati, “mother”) |
sibling | братръ (bratrŭ, “brother”) | сестра (sestra, “sister”) |
child | сꙑнъ (synŭ, “son”) | дъщи (dŭšti, “daughter”) |
grandparent | дѣдъ (dědŭ, “grandfather”) | баба (baba, “grandmother”) |
grandchild | въноукъ (vŭnukŭ, “grandson”) | – (“granddaughter”) |
great-grandparent | прѣдѣдъ (prědědŭ, “great-grandfather”) | – (“great-grandmother”) |
mother's sibling | оуи (ui, “maternal uncle”) | – (“maternal aunt”) |
father's sibling | стрꙑи (stryi, “paternal uncle”) | – (“paternal aunt”) |
sibling's child | братанъ (bratanŭ), сꙑновь (synovĭ), сꙑновьць (synovĭcĭ, “nephew”) | братана (bratana, “niece”) |
cousin | братоучѧдъ (bratučędŭ, “male cousin”) | братоучѧда (bratučęda, “female cousin”) |
spouse | мѫжь (mǫžĭ), чрьтожьникъ (črĭtožĭnikŭ), малъженъ (malŭženŭ, “husband”) | жена (žena), чрьтожьница (črĭtožĭnica), съложь (sŭložĭ, “wife”) |
parent of wife | тьсть (tĭstĭ, “father-in-law (wife's father)”) | тьща (tĭšta, “mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
parent of husband | свекръ (svekrŭ, “father-in-law (husband's father)”) | свекрꙑ (svekry, “mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
sibling of husband | дєвєръ (deverŭ, “brother-in-law (husband's brother)”) | зълꙑ (zŭly, “sister-in-law (husband's sister)”) |
spouse of child | зѧть (zętĭ, “son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | снъха (snŭxa, “daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |
spouse of husband's brother | – | етрꙑ (etry), кѫпетра (kǫpetra, “sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”) |
stepchild | пасторъкъ (pastorŭkŭ, “stepson”) | – (“stepdaughter”) |
step-parent | отьчимъ (otĭčimŭ, “stepfather”) | мащеха (maštexa, “stepmother”) |
Old East Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *baba.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]баба (baba) f
Declension
[edit]Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | баба baba |
бабѣ babě |
бабꙑ baby |
Genitive | бабꙑ baby |
бабу babu |
бабъ babŭ |
Dative | бабѣ babě |
бабама babama |
бабамъ babamŭ |
Accusative | бабѫ babǫ |
бабѣ babě |
бабꙑ baby |
Instrumental | бабоѭ babojǫ |
бабама babama |
бабами babami |
Locative | бабѣ babě |
бабу babu |
бабахъ babaxŭ |
Vocative | бабо babo |
бабѣ babě |
бабꙑ baby |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “баба”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 35
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ба́ба • (bába) f anim or f inan (genitive ба́бы, nominative plural ба́бы, genitive plural баб, relational adjective ба́бий or ба́бский, diminutive бабёнка, pejorative ба́бка or бабёшка)
- (childish) grandma, granny (short for ба́бушка (bábuška))
- (informal or archaic) old woman (short for ба́бушка (bábuška))
- (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman
- (colloquial, slang, derogatory) woman, female, broad; countrywoman
- (obsolete) peasant’s wife, peasant woman
- (derogatory) milksop, old woman (weak man)
- (technical) ram (of a pile driver)
- (technical) drop weight
- (cooking) baba (tall, cylindrical cake), bundt cake, Gugelhupf
- in expressions
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- ба́бушка (bábuška), ба́бка (bábka)
- Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá), Ба́бий Яр (Bábij Jar)
- бабу́ся (babúsja), бабу́ля (babúlja), ба́бка (bábka), ба́бник (bábnik), ба́бство (bábstvo)
- ба́бки (bábki), бабло́ (babló), бабло́сы (bablósy), бабо́сы (babósy)
Descendants
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ба̏ба f (Latin spelling bȁba)
- grandmother
- granny, grandma
- (usually derogatory) old woman, hag
- (derogatory) female person
Declension
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “баба”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Southern Altai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic.
Noun
[edit]баба • (baba)
References
[edit]- Comparative and historical grammar of Turkic languages. Lexicon, 2001, in Russian, 654 pages.
Udi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]For the development of в (v) in the Nij dialect see абазакӏ (abazaḳ).
Noun
[edit]References
[edit]- Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “баба”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь[2], Baku: Academy Press, page 65
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *baba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ба́ба • (bába) f pers (genitive ба́би, nominative plural баби́, genitive plural баб or бабі́в, relational adjective ба́бський or ба́б'ячий)
- grandmother, granny, old woman (in some cases maternal grandmother only)
- a fortune teller or witch, practising the art of віск зливати (visk zlyvaty, “wax pouring”)
- (historical) (any) woman; countrywoman
- не ма́ла ба́ба кло́поту та купи́ла ба́ба порося́ ― ne mála bába klópotu ta kupýla bába porosjá ― the woman had no trouble but the woman has bought a piglet
- (colloquial, slang, derogatory) woman, female, broad
Declension
[edit]See also
[edit]- бабу́ся f pers (babúsja)
Noun
[edit]ба́ба • (bába) f inan (genitive ба́би, nominative plural баби́, genitive plural баб)
- baba, babka (a special, delicate ritual bread that is blessed by a priest at Easter)
- Synonym: ба́бка (bábka)
- baba (a name given to сніп (snip) at Christmas, a sheaf of grain (wheat or rye), brought into the home for Christmas Eve supper свята́ вече́ря (svjatá večérja), placed in a corner of the room and later fed to livestock or cattle)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “баба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “баба”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “баба”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
Urum
[edit]Noun
[edit]баба • (baba)
- Avar lemmas
- Avar nouns
- Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Belarusian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Belarusian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Belarusian lemmas
- Belarusian nouns
- Belarusian feminine nouns
- Belarusian personal nouns
- Belarusian terms with historical senses
- Belarusian terms with usage examples
- Belarusian colloquialisms
- Belarusian slang
- Belarusian derogatory terms
- Belarusian hard feminine-form nouns
- Belarusian hard feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Belarusian nouns with accent pattern a
- Belarusian inanimate nouns
- Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bulgarian terms with audio pronunciation
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian nouns
- Bulgarian feminine nouns
- bg:Female family members
- bg:Female people
- bg:Occupations
- Hunzib lemmas
- Hunzib nouns
- Kazakh lemmas
- Kazakh nouns
- kk:Family
- Khinalug lemmas
- Khinalug nouns
- Komi-Zyrian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Komi-Zyrian terms borrowed from Russian
- Komi-Zyrian terms derived from Russian
- Komi-Zyrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Komi-Zyrian lemmas
- Komi-Zyrian nouns
- kpv:Female family members
- kpv:Female people
- Macedonian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Macedonian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Macedonian 2-syllable words
- Macedonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Macedonian paroxytone terms
- Macedonian terms with audio pronunciation
- Macedonian lemmas
- Macedonian nouns
- Macedonian feminine nouns
- Macedonian terms with historical senses
- Macedonian derogatory terms
- Macedonian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Macedonian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Macedonian masculine nouns
- Macedonian singularia tantum
- Macedonian masculine nouns with a feminine declension
- mk:Female family members
- mk:Female people
- mk:Occupations
- Old Church Slavonic terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic lemmas
- Old Church Slavonic nouns
- Old Church Slavonic feminine nouns
- Old Church Slavonic hard a-stem nouns
- Old Church Slavonic hard feminine a-stem nouns
- cu:Female family members
- cu:Female people
- Old East Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Old East Slavic terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Old East Slavic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old East Slavic lemmas
- Old East Slavic nouns
- Old East Slavic feminine nouns
- Old East Slavic hard a-stem nouns
- orv:Female people
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian animate nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian nouns with multiple animacies
- Russian childish terms
- Russian terms with usage examples
- Russian informal terms
- Russian terms with archaic senses
- Russian terms with historical senses
- Russian colloquialisms
- Russian slang
- Russian derogatory terms
- Russian terms with obsolete senses
- Russian technical terms
- ru:Cooking
- Russian hard-stem feminine-form nouns
- Russian hard-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- Russian nouns with vocative singular
- ru:Cakes and pastries
- ru:Female family members
- ru:Sculpture
- ru:Snow
- ru:Female people
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian derogatory terms
- sh:Female family members
- sh:Female people
- Southern Altai terms inherited from Proto-Turkic
- Southern Altai terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Southern Altai lemmas
- Southern Altai nouns
- Udi lemmas
- Udi nouns
- Vartashen Udi
- udi:Family members
- Ukrainian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ukrainian terms with audio pronunciation
- Ukrainian lemmas
- Ukrainian nouns
- Ukrainian feminine nouns
- Ukrainian personal nouns
- Ukrainian terms with historical senses
- Ukrainian terms with usage examples
- Ukrainian colloquialisms
- Ukrainian slang
- Ukrainian derogatory terms
- Ukrainian hard feminine-form nouns
- Ukrainian hard feminine-form accent-c nouns
- Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern c
- Ukrainian inanimate nouns
- uk:Breads
- uk:Female family members
- uk:Female people
- Urum lemmas
- Urum nouns