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Russian
Etymology
Endearing diminutive of баба.
Pronunciation
Noun
бабу́ся • (babúsja) f anim (genitive бабу́си, nominative plural бабу́си, genitive plural бабу́сь)
- granny, grandma
- Synonyms: ба́бушка (bábuška), бабу́ля (babúlja)
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
Endearing diminutive of ба́ба (bába).
Pronunciation
Noun
бабу́ся • (babúsja) f pers (genitive бабу́сі, nominative plural бабу́сі, genitive plural бабу́сь)
- grandmother (mother of someone’s parent)
Declension
Declension of бабу́ся (pers soft fem-form accent-a)
Descendants
Further reading
- Kotliarevsky, Ivan (1798) “бабуся”, in Собраніе Малороссійскихъ словъ, содержащихся въ Энеидѣ [Collection of Ukrainian words contained in the Eneida] (in Ukrainian), Saint Petersburg: Dependent of M. Parpura, page 3
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бабуся”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka