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), number 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), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 10

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.bə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -abə
  • Hyphenation: ba‧bă

Noun

babă f (plural babe)

  1. old woman
    Synonyms: bătrână, vârstnică
  2. (regional) grandmother
  3. (regional) midwife
  4. coward

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative babă baba babe babele
genitive-dative babe babei babe babelor
vocative babă, babo babelor

See also

Further reading

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