babica
See also: babicą and băbică
Old Polish
Etymology
From baba + -ica. First attested in 1472.
Noun
babica f
- willow (any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix)
- Hyponym: wierzba
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “babica”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
From baba + -ica, probably not inherited from Old Polish babica. First attested in 1600–1750.
Noun
babica f
- (Middle Polish) type of hydrotechnical device
Declension
Attested forms of *babica
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | babice |
| genitive | — | — |
| dative | — | — |
| accusative | — | — |
| instrumental | babicą | — |
| locative | — | — |
| vocative | — | — |
Further reading
- Paweł Kupiszewski (15.01.2021), “BABICA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “babica”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 78
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From bȁba + -ica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bâbit͡sa/
- Hyphenation: ba‧bi‧ca
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
Noun
bȁbica f (Cyrillic spelling ба̏бица)
- midwife
- (obsolete) wet nurse
- nanny
- (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
From bába + -ica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bàːbit͡sa/
Noun
bábica f
- midwife
- grandmother
Inflection
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | bábica | ||
| gen. sing. | bábice | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | bábica | bábici | bábice |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | bábice | bábic | bábic |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | bábici | bábicama | bábicam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | bábico | bábici | bábice |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | bábici | bábicah | bábicah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | bábico | bábicama | bábicami |
Derived terms
- prȃbábica
Further reading
- “babica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran