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Noun

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ба́бушка (bábuškaf pers (genitive ба́бушкі, nominative plural ба́бушкі, genitive plural ба́бушак)

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

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Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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бабушка (babuškaf (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

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  • 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.

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References

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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbabʊʂkə]
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Noun

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ба́бушка (bábuškaf anim (genitive ба́бушки, nominative plural ба́бушки, genitive plural ба́бушек)

  1. grandmother, grandma, granny
    расскажи́ э́то свое́й ба́бушкеrasskaží éto svojéj bábušketell 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.
  2. old lady
  3. (slang) Gandhi's breakfast, eighty in the lotto game

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Descendants

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

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