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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baba
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.
Inflection
Declension of *bàba (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bàba | *bàbě | *bàby |
| Accusative | *bàbǫ | *bàbě | *bàby |
| Genitive | *bàby | *bàbu | *bàbъ |
| Locative | *bàbě | *bàbu | *bàbasъ, *bàbaxъ* |
| Dative | *bàbě | *bàbama | *bàbamъ |
| Instrumental | *bàbojǫ, *bàbǭ** | *bàbama | *bàbamī |
| Vocative | *bàbo | *bàbě | *bàby |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
Derived terms
- *babakъ
- *baběti
- *babica
- *babina
- *babinъ
- *babiti
- *babiťь
- *babuxa
- *baburъ
- *babъka
- *babъkъ
- *babyka
- *babьcь
- *babьjь
- *babьnikъ
- *babьskъjь
- *kudibaba
Descendants
Further reading
- “boba” in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “баба”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- “boba” in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė
- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974) Słownik prasłowiański (in Polish), volume I, Wrocław: Polska Akademia Nauk, page 169ff
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1974), “*baba”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 01, Moscow: Nauka, page 105
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bàba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32: “f. ā (a) ‘old woman’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “baba -y”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 22, 69, 166, 199; PR 132; MP 17; RPT 110)”
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