באָבע
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Yiddish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either inherited from eastern Middle High German bābe (“old woman”) or independently borrowed from a Slavic language. In both cases eventually from Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]באָבע • (bobe) f, plural באָבעס (bobes)
Usage Notes
[edit]This is one of few Yiddish nouns to inflect, optionally becoming באָבען (boben) in the dative, and באָבעס (bobes) in the possessive.
Derived terms
[edit]- אור־באָבע f (ur-bobe), עלטער־באָבע f (elter-bobe, “great-grandmother”)
- באָבע־מעשׂה f (bobe-mayse, “tall story, fairy tale”)
Related terms
[edit]- באָבעשי f (bobeshi, “granny”)