babë

See also: babe

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *baba. Compare Middle High German babe, bobe (old woman, mother), German Bube (boy, child, lad), Old Church Slavonic баба (baba, old woman), Italian babbo (father, dad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbabə/, [ˈbäːbɜ], [ˈbäːb̚]

Noun

babë m (plural baba, definite babët)

  1. dad, daddy
  2. (usually childish) grandpa
  3. (usually childish) father

Derived terms

  • baba (the dad, the daddy; dads, daddies)
  • babai (the dad, the daddy)

Kashubian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.bɜ/
  • Rhymes: -abɜ
  • Syllabification: ba‧bë

Noun

babë

  1. inflection of baba:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular