бабушка

Belarusian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbabuʂka]

Noun

ба́бушка • (bábuška) f pers (genitive ба́бушкі, nominative plural ба́бушкі, genitive plural ба́бушак)

  1. (rare) grandmother
    Synonyms: бабу́ля (babúlja), бабу́ня (babúnja), бабу́ся (babúsja), ба́бка (bábka), ба́ба (bába)

Declension

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbabuʃka]
  • Hyphenation: ба‧буш‧ка

Noun

бабушка • (babuška) f (plural бабушки, diminutive бабувче)

  1. bell pepper
    Synonym: бабура (babura)
  2. a large needle
  3. toothless sheep
  4. a small fish in the river Bregalnica

Usage notes

  • 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

References

  • “бабушка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babušьka. By surface analysis, ба́ба (bába) +‎ -ушка (-uška).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbabʊʂkə]
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Noun

ба́бушка • (bábuška) f anim (genitive ба́бушки, nominative plural ба́бушки, genitive plural ба́бушек)

  1. grandmother, grandma, granny
    расскажи́ э́то свое́й ба́бушке ― rasskaží éto svojéj bábuške ― tell it to Sweeney, tell it to the marines
  2. old lady
  3. (slang) Gandhi's breakfast, eighty in the lotto game

Declension

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: baabuška
  • → English: babushka
  • → Romanian: băbușcă
  • → Votic: baabuškõ
  • → Yakut: баабыска (baabıska, “midwife; grandmother; old woman”)

See also

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