ježibaba

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba ęga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛʒɪbaba]

Noun

ježibaba f

1. evil witch (in fairy tales)

   „Konečně mám něco dobrého na zub“, zvolala ježibaba se smíchem a chtěla děti hned sníst. ― "I finally have something good to eat," cried the witch laughingly, wanting to eat the children right away.

2. (derogatory) biddy, bag, hag (woman)

Declension

Declension of ježibaba (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	ježibaba	ježibaby
genitive	ježibaby	ježibab
dative	ježibabě	ježibabám
accusative	ježibabu	ježibaby
vocative	ježibabo	ježibaby
locative	ježibabě	ježibabách
instrumental	ježibabou	ježibabami

Further reading

• “ježibaba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ježibaba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “ježibaba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)