babă

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Polabian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.

Noun

babă f

  1. grandmother
nouns

References

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    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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -abə
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Noun

babă f (plural babe)

  1. old woman
    Synonyms: bătrână, vârstnică

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