ба

• IPA^(key): [ba]

ба • (ba)

1. alternative form of бе (be)

   Аре ба! ― Are ba! ― Oh, come on!

Inherited from Classical Mongolian [Term?], from Middle Mongol ᠪᠠ᠍ (ba, “as well”, particle). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa/
• Syllabification: ба (1 syllable)

ба • (ba)

1. and

• бас (bas)
• болон (bolon)
• бөгөөд (bögööd)

Inherited from Old Slovak ba, from Proto-Slavic *ba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ба
• Homophone: -ба (-ba)

ба (ba)

1. well, too (reinforces disagreement, opposition of the speaker at the preceding words of the co-locutor)

   Synonyms: вера (vera), боме (bome)

   ба я пойдзем, гоч як ше ти процивиш

   ba ja pojdzem, hoč jak še ti prociviš

   I am going to leave, no matter how much you oppose

2. even (emphasizes width of permittance of something)

   Synonyms: вера (vera), боме (bome)

   поробел шицко, ба и вецей як треба

   porobel šicko, ba i vecej jak treba

   he did everything, even more than he should have

ба (ba)

1. (childish) yuck (expression of disgust)

   Synonyms: фи (fi), фуй (fuj)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “ба¹”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “ба²”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

• IPA^(key): [ba]

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ba.

ба • (ba)

1. (colloquial) why!, well I never!, wow! (an exclamation of surprise, especially at an unexpected meeting)

   Ба! Кого́ я ви́жу! ― Ba! Kovó ja vížu! ― Why, I can't believe this is really you!

   • 1973, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава IX. Коровьевские штуки”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:

     – Ба! Никано́р Ива́нович, – заора́л дребезжа́щим те́нором неожи́данный граждани́н и, вскочи́в, приве́тствовал председа́теля наси́льственным и внеза́пным рукопожа́тием.

     – Ba! Nikanór Ivánovič, – zaorál drebezžáščim ténorom neožídannyj graždanín i, vskočív, privétstvoval predsedátelja nasílʹstvennym i vnezápnym rukopožátijem.

     ‘Hah! Nikanor Ivanovich!’ the unexpected citizen yelled in a rattling tenor and, jumping up, greeted the chairman with a forced and sudden handshake.

Clipping of ба́бушка (bábuška).

ба • (ba) f anim (indeclinable)

1. (informal term of address) granny, gran

Inherited from Classical Persian بَه (ba).

• IPA^(key): /ba/, [bä]

ба • (ba) (Persian spelling به)

1. at
2. to
3. in
4. for