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babka

//ˈbap.ka/ | /ˈbap.ka/ | /ˈbɒp.ka/ | /ˈbap.ka/ | /ˈbap.ka/ | /ˈbap.ka/ | [ˈbap.ka]/
Polishnoun

Grammatical form

babka is the diminutive form of baba — “village woman (woman from the village).

See the full entry for baba

Definitions

  1. 1.
    grandmother
  2. 2.
    medicine woman
  3. 3.
    babka (type of cake)
  4. 4.
    sandcastle
  5. 5.
    plantain (any plant of the genus Plantago)
  6. 6.
    goby (any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae)
  7. 7.
    particular part of a furnace/oven
  8. 8.
    woman's companion assistant
  9. 9.
    blind man's buff
  10. 10.
    colloquialwoman
  11. 11.
    obsoletemound of several sheaves of grain placed in a field
  12. 12.
    obsoletetype of edible mushroom
  13. 13.
    obsoletestone closing the entrance to the mine
  14. 14.
    obsoletestone used to close a blast furnace acting as a furnace door
  15. 15.
    obsoletehammer with the same head on both sides
  16. 16.
    obsoleteanvil for bending padlock shackles
  17. 17.
    obsoletesmall anvil used for tapping a scythe
  18. 18.
    obsoletedragonfly
  19. 19.
    obsoletesmall cannon
  20. 20.
    obsoletetype of old, small Polish currency
  21. 21.
    obsoletedie used in a particular children's game
  22. 22.
    dialectalmidwife

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish babka. By surface analysis, baba + -ka.

Forms

  • babeczkadiminutive
  • bábkaalternative
Nominative
Singular
babka
Plural
babki
Genitive
Singular
babki
Plural
babek
Dative
Singular
babce
Plural
babkom
Accusative
Singular
babkę
Plural
babki
Instrumental
Singular
babką
Plural
babkami
Locative
Singular
babce
Plural
babkach
Vocative
Singular
babko
Plural
babki

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