бабушка

Belarusian

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Noun

ба́бушка • (bábuška) f pers (genitive ба́бушкі, nominative plural ба́бушкі, genitive plural ба́бушак)

1. (rare) grandmother

   Synonyms: бабу́ля (babúlja), бабу́ня (babúnja), бабу́ся (babúsja), ба́бка (bábka), ба́ба (bába)

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Macedonian

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• Hyphenation: ба‧буш‧ка

Noun

бабушка • (babuška) f (plural бабушки, diminutive бабувче)

1. bell pepper

   Synonym: бабура (babura)

2. a large needle
3. toothless sheep
4. a small fish in the river Bregalnica

Usage notes

• The word can also mean "grandma", but that meaning hasn't been added to dictionaries. Macedonians rarely use it in a jokingly way. Instead, ба́ба (bába) is used for grandma.

Declension

References

• “бабушка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babušьka. By surface analysis, ба́ба (bába) +‎ -ушка (-uška).

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Noun

ба́бушка • (bábuška) f anim (genitive ба́бушки, nominative plural ба́бушки, genitive plural ба́бушек)

1. grandmother, grandma, granny

   расскажи́ э́то свое́й ба́бушке ― rasskaží éto svojéj bábuške ― tell it to Sweeney, tell it to the marines

2. old lady
3. (slang) Gandhi's breakfast, eighty in the lotto game

Declension

Related terms

• ба́ба (bába), бабёнка (babjónka)
• Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá), Ба́бий Яр (Bábij Jar)
• бабу́ся (babúsja), бабу́ля (babúlja), ба́бка (bábka), ба́бник (bábnik), бабство (babstvo)
• ба́бий (bábij), ба́бский (bábskij)

Descendants

• → Ingrian: baabuška
• → English: babushka
• → Romanian: băbușcă
• → Votic: baabuškõ
• → Yakut: баабыска (baabıska, “midwife; grandmother; old woman”)

See also

• дед (ded)
• де́душка (déduška)