babina

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babina. By surface analysis, baba +‎ -ina. First attested in 1399.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /babina/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /babina/

Noun

babina f

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) grandma (parent's mother)
    Synonym: baba
    • 1887, 1889 [1399], Józef Lekszycki, editor, Die ältesten großpolnischen Grodbücher, volume II, number 2337, Pyzdry, Gniezno, Kościan:
      Post ipsius Martini attave, sc. babine mortem
      [Post ipsius Martini attave, sc. babine mortem]
  2. inheritance from a grandmother
    Synonym: babczyzna
    • 1868 [1472], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎, volume XII, page 348:
      Nobilis Elisabeth... vendidit suam porcionem in Sarnky tam matris sue et awe al. babyna pro viginti marcis
      [Nobilis Elisabeth... vendidit suam porcionem in Sarnki tam matris sue et awe al. babinę pro viginti marcis]

Descendants

  • Polish: babina

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “babina”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish babina. By surface analysis, baba +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: ba‧bi‧na

Noun

babina f (diminutive babinka)

  1. (colloquial, endearing) old woman, old dear
    Synonyms: babcia, staruszka, starowina

Declension

Declension of babina
singular plural
nominative babina babiny
genitive babiny babin
dative babinie babinom
accusative babinę babiny
instrumental babiną babinami
locative babinie babinach
vocative babino babiny

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • babina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • babina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “babina”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Paweł Kupiszewski (04.10.2009) “BABINA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “babina”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 78
  • babina in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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