бабушка
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Belarusian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ба́бушка • (bábuška) f pers (genitive ба́бушкі, nominative plural ба́бушкі, genitive plural ба́бушак)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ба́бушка (pr velar fem-form accent-a reduc)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ба́бушка bábuška |
ба́бушкі bábuški |
genitive | ба́бушкі bábuški |
ба́бушак bábušak |
dative | ба́бушцы bábušcy |
ба́бушкам bábuškam |
accusative | ба́бушку bábušku |
ба́бушак bábušak |
instrumental | ба́бушкай, ба́бушкаю bábuškaj, bábuškaju |
ба́бушкамі bábuškami |
locative | ба́бушцы bábušcy |
ба́бушках bábuškax |
count form | — | ба́бушкі1 bábuški1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Macedonian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]бабушка • (babuška) f (plural бабушки, diminutive бабувче)
- bell pepper
- Synonym: бабура (babura)
- a large needle
- toothless sheep
- a small fish in the river Bregalnica
Usage notes
[edit]- The word can also mean "grandma", but that meaning hasn't been added to dictionaries. Macedonians rarely use it in a jokingly way. Instead, ба́ба (bába) is used for grandma.
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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indefinite | бабушка (babuška) | бабушки (babuški) |
definite unspecified | бабушката (babuškata) | бабушките (babuškite) |
definite proximal | бабушкава (babuškava) | бабушкиве (babuškive) |
definite distal | бабушкана (babuškana) | бабушкине (babuškine) |
vocative | бабушко (babuško) | бабушки (babuški) |
References
[edit]- “бабушка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babušьka. By surface analysis, ба́ба (bába) + -ушка (-uška).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ба́бушка • (bábuška) f anim (genitive ба́бушки, nominative plural ба́бушки, genitive plural ба́бушек)
- grandmother, grandma, granny
- расскажи́ э́то свое́й ба́бушке ― rasskaží éto svojéj bábuške ― tell it to Sweeney, tell it to the marines
- 1869, Иван Гончаров, “Часть I. Глава VIII”, in Обрыв; English translation from Stephen Pearl, transl., Malinovka Heights, Alma Classics, 2020:
- По́сле обе́да ба́бушка, зимо́й, си́дя у ками́на, ча́сто заду́мчиво молча́ла, когда́ была́ одна́.
- Pósle obéda bábuška, zimój, sídja u kamína, částo zadúmčivo molčála, kogdá bylá odná.
- After dinner in the winter when she was alone, Granny would sit silently by the fire deep in her own thoughts.
- old lady
- (slang) Gandhi's breakfast, eighty in the lotto game
Declension
[edit]Declension of ба́бушка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ба́бушка bábuška |
ба́бушки bábuški |
genitive | ба́бушки bábuški |
ба́бушек bábušek |
dative | ба́бушке bábuške |
ба́бушкам bábuškam |
accusative | ба́бушку bábušku |
ба́бушек bábušek |
instrumental | ба́бушкой, ба́бушкою bábuškoj, bábuškoju |
ба́бушками bábuškami |
prepositional | ба́бушке bábuške |
ба́бушках bábuškax |
Pre-reform declension of ба́бушка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ба́бушка bábuška |
ба́бушки bábuški |
genitive | ба́бушки bábuški |
ба́бушекъ bábušek |
dative | ба́бушкѣ bábuškě |
ба́бушкамъ bábuškam |
accusative | ба́бушку bábušku |
ба́бушекъ bábušek |
instrumental | ба́бушкой, ба́бушкою bábuškoj, bábuškoju |
ба́бушками bábuškami |
prepositional | ба́бушкѣ bábuškě |
ба́бушкахъ bábuškax |
Related terms
[edit]- ба́ба (bába), бабёнка (babjónka)
- Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá), Ба́бий Яр (Bábij Jar)
- бабу́ся (babúsja), бабу́ля (babúlja), ба́бка (bábka), ба́бник (bábnik), бабство (babstvo)
- ба́бий (bábij), ба́бский (bábskij)
Descendants
[edit]- → Ingrian: baabuška
- → English: babushka
- → Romanian: băbușcă
- → Votic: baabuškõ
- → Yakut: баабыска (baabıska, “midwife; grandmother; old woman”)
See also
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- Belarusian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Belarusian lemmas
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- Belarusian personal nouns
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- Belarusian velar-stem feminine-form nouns
- Belarusian velar-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Belarusian nouns with accent pattern a
- Belarusian nouns with reducible stem
- be:Female family members
- Macedonian 3-syllable words
- Macedonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Macedonian proparoxytone terms
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- Macedonian feminine nouns
- mk:Fish
- mk:Nightshades
- mk:Sheep
- mk:Tools
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
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- Russian terms suffixed with -ушка
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- ru:Bingo
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- Russian terms of address
- ru:Age
- ru:Female family members
- ru:Female people