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Polabian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.
Noun
babă f
- grandmother
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References
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “babə”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), numbers 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
Noun
babă f (plural babe)
- old woman
- Synonyms: bătrână, vârstnică
Declension
Declension of babă
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singular
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plural
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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| nominative/accusative
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(o) babă
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baba
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(niște) babe
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babele
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| genitive/dative
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(unei) babe
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babei
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(unor) babe
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babelor
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| vocative
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babă, babo
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babelor
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