babă

See also: Appendix:Variations of "baba"

Polabian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.

Noun

babă f

  1. grandmother
nouns
  • bopkă f (“midwife”)

References
  • Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “babə”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), issue 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 22
  • Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “babă”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “Baba”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volume 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 10

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic баба (baba), from Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈba.bə]
  • Rhymes: -abə
  • Audio(file)

Noun

babă f (plural babe)

  1. old woman
    Synonyms: bătrână, vârstnică

Declension
Declension of babă
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) babă baba (niște) babe babele
genitive/dative (unei) babe babei (unor) babe babelor
vocative babă, babo babelor

See also

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.

Noun

bãbă f

  1. old woman
  2. (derogatory) woman, broad
  3. female animal

Declension
Declension of babă
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bãbă bãbă bãbä
Genitive bãbä — bãbȯu̯
Dative bãbjä bãbɵmă bãbȯu̯m
Accusative bãbą — bãbä
Instrumental bãbȯų̯ bãbɵmă babamḯ
Locative bãbjä — bãbăχ
Vocative — — —

References
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