баба

Definitions

1. 1.
   grandmother, granny, old woman (in some cases maternal grandmother only)
2. 2.
   a fortune teller or witch, practising the art of віск зливати (visk zlyvaty, “wax pouring”)
3. 3.
   (any) woman; countrywoman

   • не ма́ла ба́ба кло́поту та купи́ла ба́ба порося́

     ne mála bába klópotu ta kupýla bába porosjá — the woman had no trouble but the woman has bought a piglet

4. 4.
   colloquialderogatoryslangwoman, female, broad
5. 5.
   baba, babka (a special, delicate ritual bread that is blessed by a priest at Easter)
6. 6.
   baba (a name given to сніп (snip) at Christmas, a sheaf of grain (wheat or rye), brought into the home for Christmas Eve supper свята́ вече́ря (svjatá večérja), placed in a corner of the room and later fed to livestock or cattle)

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