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Ukrainian
Etymology
Literally "grandma's summer". Compare Belarusian ба́біна ле́та (bábina ljéta), Polish babie lato, Russian ба́бье ле́то (bábʹje léto), German Altweibersommer and Hungarian vénasszonyok nyara.
Pronunciation
Noun
ба́бине лі́то • (bábyne líto) n inan (genitive ба́биного лі́та, nominative plural ба́бині літа́, genitive plural ба́биних лі́т)
- Indian summer (summerlike days in early autumn)
- gossamer (cobwebs floating in the air)
Declension
Declension of ба́бине лі́то (inan hard neut-form accent-c)
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ба́бине літо”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ба́бин”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “лі́то”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN