babka

See also: babką and bábka

English

Etymology

From a Slavic language.

Noun

babka (plural babkas)

  1. A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins

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Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbapka]
  • Rhymes: -apka

Noun

babka f

  1. (informal) old woman
    Synonym: → stařena
  2. mushroom Xerocomellus chrysenteron
    Synonym: hřib žlutomasý

Further reading
  • babka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • babka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

baba +‎ -ka

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbapka]

Noun

babka f

  1. Diminutive of baba
  2. midwife

Declension
Declension of babka
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative babka babce babki
Genitive babki babkowu babkow
Dative babce babkoma babkam
Accusative babku babce babki
Instrumental babku babkoma babkami
Locative babce babkoma babkach

References
  • babka in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Polish
babka (#1)

Etymology

baba +‎ -ka

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbap.ka/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

babka f (diminutive babeczka)

  1. a type of cake
  2. (formal) grandmother
  3. (colloquial) woman
  4. Diminutive of baba
  5. (botany) plantain, a plant of the genus Plantago

Declension
declension of babka
singular plural
nominative babka babki
genitive babki babek
dative babce babkom
accusative babkę babki
instrumental babką babkami
locative babce babkach
vocative babko babki

See also

Further reading
  • babka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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