babica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bȁba +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bâbit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧bi‧ca

Noun

bȁbica f (Cyrillic spelling ба̏бица)

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

Declension
Declension of babica
singular plural
nominative babica babice
genitive babice babica
dative babici babicama
accusative babicu babice
vocative babice babice
locative babici babicama
instrumental babicom babicama

References
  • “babica” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

baba +‎ -ica

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbàːbitsa/
  • Tonal orthography: bábica

Noun

bábica f (genitive bábice, nominative plural bábice)

  1. midwife
  2. grandmother

Declension
Declension of bábica (feminine, a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative bábica bábici bábice
accusative bábico bábici bábice
genitive bábice bábic bábic
dative bábici bábicama bábicam
locative bábici bábicah bábicah
instrumental bábico bábicama bábicami
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