babica

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See also: babicą, băbica, and băbică

Old Polish

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Etymology

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From baba +‎ -ica. First attested in 1472. Compare Polish babica and Silesian babica.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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babica f

  1. willow (any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix)
    Hyponym: wierzba
    • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[1], number 246:
      Babicza salix
      [Babica salix]

References

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  • 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), “babica”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology

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From baba +‎ -ica. Compare Old Polish babica and Silesian babica. First attested in 1600–1750.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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babica f

  1. (Middle Polish) type of hydrotechnical device

Declension

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Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From bȁba +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bȁbica f (Cyrillic spelling ба̏бица)

  1. midwife
  2. (obsolete) wet nurse
  3. nanny
  4. (term of endearment) grandmother

Declension

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References

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  • babica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Silesian

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Etymology

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From baba +‎ -ica. Compare Old Polish babica and Polish babica.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈbi.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa
  • Syllabification: ba‧bi‧ca

Noun

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babica f

  1. village midwife
    Synonym: babka

Further reading

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  • Bogdan Kallus (2020) “babica”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 234
  • Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “babica”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 32

Slovene

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Etymology

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From bába +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bábica f

  1. midwife
  2. grandmother

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. bábica
gen. sing. bábice
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
bábica bábici bábice
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
bábice bábic bábic
dative
(dajȃlnik)
bábici bábicama bábicam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
bábico bábici bábice
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
bábici bábicah bábicah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
bábico bábicama bábicami

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • babica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran