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Hungarian
Etymology
bab + -ok
Pronunciation
Noun
babok
- nominative plural of bab
Polish
Etymology
From baba + -ok.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -abɔk
- Syllabification: ba‧bok
Noun
babok m animal
- (colloquial, childish) bogie (booger)
- Synonyms: babol, gil, glut, koza, smark
- Wytrę ci baboka z nosa. ― I'll wipe the bogie from your nose.
- (Kuyavia, colloquial, childish) wraith (scary supernatural apparition)
- Synonym: straszydło
- Alternative form: bobak
- (derogatory, Poznań) moron, idiot
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec
Declension
Further reading
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “babok”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 268