бабе

Bulgarian

Etymology

From ба́ба (bába, “grandmother; old woman”) +‎ -е (-e, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɐˈbɛ]
  • Rhymes: -bɛ
  • Syllabification(key): ба‧бе

Noun

бабе́ • (babé) n

  1. (colloquial, endearing) granny
    Synonyms: ба́бка (bábka), ба́бичка (bábička)
    При ме́не до́йде едно́ су́хо, симпати́чно бабе́.
    Pri méne dójde ednó súho, simpatíčno babé.
    A slim, likeable granny came to me.
  2. (dialectal) small pot, jug (usually for water or rakija)
    Бабе́то е ей там, вземи́ го и у́тре ми го донеси́ пъ́лно.
    Babéto e ej tam, vzemí go i útre mi go donesí pǎ́lno.
    The jug is over there, take it and bring it back to me full tomorrow.
  3. (in the singular) babek (type of traditional Bulgarian sausage made of minced meat and offal from a pig's head, boiled in a pig's stomach)
    Synonym: ба́бек (bábek)
  4. (dialectal) stomach (of an animal, used for stuffing sausages)

Declension

Declension of бабе́
singular plural
indefinite бабе́
babé 		бабе́та
babéta
definite бабе́то
babéto 		бабе́тата
babétata

References

  • “бабе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “бабе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • “бабе”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbabʲe]

Noun

ба́бе • (bábe) f anim or f inan

  1. dative/prepositional singular of ба́ба (bába)
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