"baba" meaning in Proto-Slavic

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Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sla-pro|ine-bsl-pro|*bā́ˀbāˀ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, {{inh+|sla-pro|ine-bsl-pro|*bā́ˀbāˀ}} Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, {{onomatopoeic|sla-pro|title=nursery language}} nursery language Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun|bàba|ap=a}} Forms: bàba [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], a [accent-paradigm], bàba [nominative, singular], bàbě [dual, nominative], bàby [nominative, plural], bàby [genitive, singular], bàbu [dual, genitive], bàbъ [genitive, plural], bàbě [dative, singular], bàbama [dative, dual], bàbamъ [dative, plural], bàbǫ [accusative, singular], bàbě [accusative, dual], bàby [accusative, plural], bàbojǫ [instrumental, singular], bàbǭ [instrumental, singular], bàbama [dual, instrumental], bàbamī [instrumental, plural], bàbě [locative, singular], bàbu [dual, locative], bàbasъ [locative, plural], bàbaxъ [locative, plural], bàbo [singular, vocative], bàbě [dual, vocative], bàby [plural, vocative]
  1. grandmother Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *babъka, *babica, *ova
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-sla_pro:grandmother
  2. old woman
    → (figuratively) various objects used for hammering in, inserting, plugging
    Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *babъka, *babica
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-KqcT45k3
  3. old woman
    → (figuratively) various objects used as a base, support (like a backrest)
    Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *babъka, *babica
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-vg3p1KGX
  4. old woman
    → (figuratively) various objects used for linking, connecting, binding together
    Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *babъka, *babica
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-KTBb28x1
  5. old woman
    → (figuratively) various small, worthless items
    Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *babъka, *babica
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-SRhg5vD-
  6. old woman
    → (figuratively) heap of hay, grain; sheaf
    Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *babъka, *babica
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-avpd0A6J
  7. old woman
    → babka (a type of ceremonial bread)
    Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *babъka, *babica, *babъka, *babica
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-gUaImGto
  8. old woman
    → (figuratively) names of various species of mushrooms
    Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *babъka, *babica
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-0htaduFn
  9. old woman
    → (possibly) great white pelican (any bird of the genus Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *babъka, *babica
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-OueHPiQy
  10. woman Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *babъka, *babica, *žena
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-zy5b~x7w
  11. midwife Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *babъka, *babica
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-KrH2-BCj
  12. sorceress, witch, hex
    → (figuratively) names of various butterflies
    Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *vědьma, *čarovьnica
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-lYmMxG8g Categories (other): Proto-Slavic terms with collocations
  13. sorceress, witch, hex
    → (figuratively) names of various plants
    Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *vědьma, *čarovьnica
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-hRyTVbOI Categories (other): Proto-Slavic terms with collocations
  14. sorceress, witch, hex Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *vědьma, *čarovьnica
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-IyyxlVIM Categories (other): Proto-Slavic terms with collocations
  15. (North Slavic, astronomy, in the plural) Pleiades (star cluster) Tags: in-plural, reconstruction Synonyms: *babъky
    Sense id: en-baba-sla-pro-noun-sla_pro:Pleiades Categories (other): Northern regional Proto-Slavic, Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a, Proto-Slavic onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 0 1 1 6 1 2 8 1 14 0 2 14 14 14 23 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a: 1 2 2 4 2 2 5 2 10 1 2 11 11 11 36 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic onomatopoeias: 1 2 2 4 2 2 6 2 11 1 2 11 11 11 33 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: babakъ (english: womanizer) [masculine], babica [familiar, feminine], babina (english: inheritance from grandmother) [feminine], babiťь (english: womanizer) [masculine], babizna (english: inheritance from grandmother) [feminine], babьcь [masculine], babьnikъ [masculine], babura [feminine], baburъ [masculine], babuxa (english: old woman) [feminine], babъka [familiar, feminine], babъkъ [masculine], babyka [feminine], kudibaba [feminine], prababa (english: great-grandmother) [feminine], baběti (english: to become an old woman) [imperfective], babiti (english: to assist in childbirth) [imperfective], babinъ (english: pertaining to old woman), babьjь (english: pertaining to old woman), babьskъ (english: pertaining to old woman) Related terms: babuša (english: old woman) [feminine], babušьka (english: granny) [feminine], otъ, otьcьnursery: *tata (english: father), matinursery: *mama (english: mother), bratrъ (english: brother), sestra (english: sister), synъ (english: son), dъťi (english: daughter), –nursery: *dědъ (english: grandfather), nana, ovanursery: *baba (english: grandmother), nena, vъnukъ (english: grandson), vъnuka (english: granddaughter), otьčimъ (english: stepfather), maťexa (english: stepmother), pastorъkъ (english: stepson), pastorъka (english: stepdaughter), strъjьnursery: *dada (english: paternal uncle), lola, –nursery: *teta (english: paternal aunt), lelja, ujьnursery: *dada (english: maternal uncle), –nursery: *teta (english: maternal aunt), netьjь (english: nephew), nestera (english: niece), mǫžь (english: husband), žena (english: wife), tьstь (english: father-in-law (wife's father)), tьšča (english: mother-in-law (wife's mother)), svekrъ (english: father-in-law (husband's father)), svekry (english: mother-in-law (husband's father)), šurь (english: brother-in-law (wife's brother)), svěstь, svьstь (english: sister-in-law (wife's sister)), děverь (english: brother-in-law (husband's brother)), zъly (english: sister-in-law (husband's sister)), zętь (english: son-in-law (daughter's husband)), snъxa (english: daughter-in-law (son's wife)), , ętry (english: sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife))

Inflected forms

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    {
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      "english": "womanizer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "babakъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "familiar",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babica"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "inheritance from grandmother",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "womanizer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "babiťь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "inheritance from grandmother",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babizna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "babьcь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "babьnikъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baburъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "old woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babuxa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "familiar",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babъka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "babъkъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babyka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kudibaba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "great-grandmother",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prababa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to become an old woman",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "baběti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to assist in childbirth",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "babiti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pertaining to old woman",
      "word": "babinъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pertaining to old woman",
      "word": "babьjь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pertaining to old woman",
      "word": "babьskъ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "orv",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Old East Slavic: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old East Slavic: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zle-ort",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Ruthenian: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Ruthenian: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Belarusian: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Belarusian: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rue",
            "2": "баба"
          },
          "expansion": "Carpathian Rusyn: баба (baba)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Carpathian Rusyn: баба (baba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Church Slavonic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "баба",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Cyrillic script: баба (baba)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Cyrillic script: баба (baba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "ⰱⰰⰱⰰ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Glagolitic script: ⰱⰰⰱⰰ (baba)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Glagolitic script: ⰱⰰⰱⰰ (baba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Bulgarian: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bulgarian: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Macedonian: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Macedonian: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "ба̏ба",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: ба̏ба",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: ба̏ба"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "bȁba",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: bȁba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: bȁba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "bába",
            "alt": "",
            "bor": "",
            "der": "",
            "g": "",
            "pos": "",
            "t": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Slovene: bába",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tonal orthography"
          },
          "expansion": "(tonal orthography)",
          "name": "i"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bába"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovene: bába (tonal orthography)",
          "name": "desc/sl-tonal"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovene: bába (tonal orthography)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-ocs",
            "2": "bába",
            "3": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Czech: bába, baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Czech: bába, baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "bába",
            "3": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Czech: bába, baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Czech: bába, baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pox",
            "2": "babă",
            "3": "bobo",
            "4": "bobă"
          },
          "expansion": "Polabian: babă, bobo, bobă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Polabian: babă, bobo, bobă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-opl",
            "2": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Polish: baba\nPolish: baba\nSilesian: baba",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Polish: baba\nPolish: baba\nSilesian: baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Pomeranian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Kashubian: baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kashubian: baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-slv",
            "2": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovincian: baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovincian: baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovak: baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovak: baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sorbian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Lower Sorbian: baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lower Sorbian: baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hsb",
            "2": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Upper Sorbian: baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Upper Sorbian: baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Non-Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "babã",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aromanian: babã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aromanian: babã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "βαβά",
            "3": "βάβα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: βαβά (vavá), βάβα (váva)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: βαβά (vavá), βάβα (váva)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "bába",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: bába",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: bába"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ltg",
            "2": "baba",
            "3": "buoba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latgalian: baba, buoba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latgalian: baba, buoba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "olo",
            "2": "buabo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Livvi: buabo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Livvi: buabo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "bābe",
            "3": "bōbe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle High German: bābe, bōbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle High German: bābe, bōbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "babă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: babă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: babă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "באָבע",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: באָבע (bobe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: באָבע (bobe)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bubbe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: bubbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: bubbe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": "*bā́ˀbāˀ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": "*bā́ˀbāˀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "title": "nursery language"
      },
      "expansion": "nursery language",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bàba",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accent-paradigm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàby",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàby",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbamъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàby",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbojǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbǭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbamī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbasъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbaxъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàby",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bàba",
        "ap": "a"
      },
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baba",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "old woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babuša"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "granny",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babušьka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "otъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "father",
      "word": "otьcьnursery: *tata"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mother",
      "word": "matinursery: *mama"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "brother",
      "word": "bratrъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sister",
      "word": "sestra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "son",
      "word": "synъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "daughter",
      "word": "dъťi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "grandfather",
      "word": "–nursery: *dědъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "grandmother",
      "word": "ovanursery: *baba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nena"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "grandson",
      "word": "vъnukъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "granddaughter",
      "word": "vъnuka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stepfather",
      "word": "otьčimъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stepmother",
      "word": "maťexa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stepson",
      "word": "pastorъkъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stepdaughter",
      "word": "pastorъka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "paternal uncle",
      "word": "strъjьnursery: *dada"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lola"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "paternal aunt",
      "word": "–nursery: *teta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lelja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "maternal uncle",
      "word": "ujьnursery: *dada"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "maternal aunt",
      "word": "–nursery: *teta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "nephew",
      "word": "netьjь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "niece",
      "word": "nestera"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "husband",
      "word": "mǫžь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "wife",
      "word": "žena"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "father-in-law (wife's father)",
      "word": "tьstь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mother-in-law (wife's mother)",
      "word": "tьšča"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "father-in-law (husband's father)",
      "word": "svekrъ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mother-in-law (husband's father)",
      "word": "svekry"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "brother-in-law (wife's brother)",
      "word": "šurь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "svěstь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sister-in-law (wife's sister)",
      "word": "svьstь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "brother-in-law (husband's brother)",
      "word": "děverь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sister-in-law (husband's sister)",
      "word": "zъly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "son-in-law (daughter's husband)",
      "word": "zętь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "daughter-in-law (son's wife)",
      "word": "snъxa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "–"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)",
      "word": "ętry"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "grandmother"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-sla_pro:grandmother",
      "links": [
        [
          "grandmother",
          "grandmother"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sla-pro:grandmother"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        },
        {
          "word": "*ova"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (figuratively) various objects used for hammering in, inserting, plugging"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-KqcT45k3",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (figuratively) various objects used as a base, support (like a backrest)"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-vg3p1KGX",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (figuratively) various objects used for linking, connecting, binding together"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-KTBb28x1",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (figuratively) various small, worthless items"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-SRhg5vD-",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (figuratively) heap of hay, grain; sheaf"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-avpd0A6J",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "heap",
          "heap"
        ],
        [
          "hay",
          "hay"
        ],
        [
          "grain",
          "grain"
        ],
        [
          "sheaf",
          "sheaf"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ babka (a type of ceremonial bread)"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-gUaImGto",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "babka",
          "babka"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (figuratively) names of various species of mushrooms"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-0htaduFn",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (possibly) great white pelican (any bird of the genus Pelecanus onocrotalus)"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-OueHPiQy",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "Pelecanus onocrotalus",
          "Pelecanus onocrotalus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-zy5b~x7w",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        },
        {
          "word": "*žena"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "midwife"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-KrH2-BCj",
      "links": [
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sorceress, witch, hex",
        "→ (figuratively) names of various butterflies"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-lYmMxG8g",
      "links": [
        [
          "sorceress",
          "sorceress"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
        [
          "hex",
          "hex"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*vědьma"
        },
        {
          "word": "*čarovьnica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sorceress, witch, hex",
        "→ (figuratively) names of various plants"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-hRyTVbOI",
      "links": [
        [
          "sorceress",
          "sorceress"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
        [
          "hex",
          "hex"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*vědьma"
        },
        {
          "word": "*čarovьnica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "baba ęga ― Baba Yaga",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ęga baba ― Baba Yaga",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sorceress, witch, hex"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-IyyxlVIM",
      "links": [
        [
          "sorceress",
          "sorceress"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
        [
          "hex",
          "hex"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*vědьma"
        },
        {
          "word": "*čarovьnica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern regional Proto-Slavic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 1 1 6 1 2 8 1 14 0 2 14 14 14 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 2 4 2 2 5 2 10 1 2 11 11 11 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 2 4 2 2 6 2 11 1 2 11 11 11 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pleiades (star cluster)"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba-sla-pro-noun-sla_pro:Pleiades",
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "Pleiades",
          "Pleiades"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "North Slavic",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(North Slavic, astronomy, in the plural) Pleiades (star cluster)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sla-pro:Pleiades"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъky"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Moscow",
    "Nauka (publisher)",
    "Oleg Trubachyov",
    "Rick Derksen"
  ],
  "word": "baba"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Slavic feminine nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic hard a-stem nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
    "Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a",
    "Proto-Slavic nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic onomatopoeias",
    "Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
    "Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "womanizer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "babakъ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "familiar",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babica"
    },
    {
      "english": "inheritance from grandmother",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babina"
    },
    {
      "english": "womanizer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "babiťь"
    },
    {
      "english": "inheritance from grandmother",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babizna"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "babьcь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "babьnikъ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babura"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baburъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "old woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babuxa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "familiar",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babъka"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "babъkъ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babyka"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kudibaba"
    },
    {
      "english": "great-grandmother",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prababa"
    },
    {
      "english": "to become an old woman",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "baběti"
    },
    {
      "english": "to assist in childbirth",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "babiti"
    },
    {
      "english": "pertaining to old woman",
      "word": "babinъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "pertaining to old woman",
      "word": "babьjь"
    },
    {
      "english": "pertaining to old woman",
      "word": "babьskъ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "orv",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Old East Slavic: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old East Slavic: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zle-ort",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Ruthenian: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Ruthenian: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Belarusian: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Belarusian: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rue",
            "2": "баба"
          },
          "expansion": "Carpathian Rusyn: баба (baba)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Carpathian Rusyn: баба (baba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Church Slavonic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "баба",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Cyrillic script: баба (baba)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Cyrillic script: баба (baba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "ⰱⰰⰱⰰ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Glagolitic script: ⰱⰰⰱⰰ (baba)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Glagolitic script: ⰱⰰⰱⰰ (baba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Bulgarian: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bulgarian: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "ба́ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Macedonian: ба́ба (bába)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Macedonian: ба́ба (bába)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "ба̏ба",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: ба̏ба",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: ба̏ба"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "bȁba",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: bȁba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: bȁba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "bába",
            "alt": "",
            "bor": "",
            "der": "",
            "g": "",
            "pos": "",
            "t": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Slovene: bába",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tonal orthography"
          },
          "expansion": "(tonal orthography)",
          "name": "i"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bába"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovene: bába (tonal orthography)",
          "name": "desc/sl-tonal"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovene: bába (tonal orthography)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-ocs",
            "2": "bába",
            "3": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Czech: bába, baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Czech: bába, baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "bába",
            "3": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Czech: bába, baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Czech: bába, baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pox",
            "2": "babă",
            "3": "bobo",
            "4": "bobă"
          },
          "expansion": "Polabian: babă, bobo, bobă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Polabian: babă, bobo, bobă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-opl",
            "2": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Polish: baba\nPolish: baba\nSilesian: baba",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Polish: baba\nPolish: baba\nSilesian: baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Pomeranian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Kashubian: baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kashubian: baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-slv",
            "2": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovincian: baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovincian: baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovak: baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovak: baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sorbian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Lower Sorbian: baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lower Sorbian: baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hsb",
            "2": "baba"
          },
          "expansion": "Upper Sorbian: baba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Upper Sorbian: baba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Non-Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "babã",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aromanian: babã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aromanian: babã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "βαβά",
            "3": "βάβα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: βαβά (vavá), βάβα (váva)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: βαβά (vavá), βάβα (váva)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "bába",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: bába",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: bába"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ltg",
            "2": "baba",
            "3": "buoba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latgalian: baba, buoba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latgalian: baba, buoba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "olo",
            "2": "buabo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Livvi: buabo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Livvi: buabo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "bābe",
            "3": "bōbe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle High German: bābe, bōbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle High German: bābe, bōbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "babă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: babă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: babă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "באָבע",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: באָבע (bobe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: באָבע (bobe)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bubbe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: bubbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: bubbe"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": "*bā́ˀbāˀ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": "*bā́ˀbāˀ"
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      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "title": "nursery language"
      },
      "expansion": "nursery language",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bàba",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accent-paradigm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàby",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàby",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbamъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàby",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbojǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbǭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbamī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbasъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbaxъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàbě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàby",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bàba",
        "ap": "a"
      },
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baba",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "old woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babuša"
    },
    {
      "english": "granny",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babušьka"
    },
    {
      "word": "otъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "father",
      "word": "otьcьnursery: *tata"
    },
    {
      "english": "mother",
      "word": "matinursery: *mama"
    },
    {
      "english": "brother",
      "word": "bratrъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "sister",
      "word": "sestra"
    },
    {
      "english": "son",
      "word": "synъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "daughter",
      "word": "dъťi"
    },
    {
      "english": "grandfather",
      "word": "–nursery: *dědъ"
    },
    {
      "word": "nana"
    },
    {
      "english": "grandmother",
      "word": "ovanursery: *baba"
    },
    {
      "word": "nena"
    },
    {
      "english": "grandson",
      "word": "vъnukъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "granddaughter",
      "word": "vъnuka"
    },
    {
      "english": "stepfather",
      "word": "otьčimъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "stepmother",
      "word": "maťexa"
    },
    {
      "english": "stepson",
      "word": "pastorъkъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "stepdaughter",
      "word": "pastorъka"
    },
    {
      "english": "paternal uncle",
      "word": "strъjьnursery: *dada"
    },
    {
      "word": "lola"
    },
    {
      "english": "paternal aunt",
      "word": "–nursery: *teta"
    },
    {
      "word": "lelja"
    },
    {
      "english": "maternal uncle",
      "word": "ujьnursery: *dada"
    },
    {
      "english": "maternal aunt",
      "word": "–nursery: *teta"
    },
    {
      "english": "nephew",
      "word": "netьjь"
    },
    {
      "english": "niece",
      "word": "nestera"
    },
    {
      "english": "husband",
      "word": "mǫžь"
    },
    {
      "english": "wife",
      "word": "žena"
    },
    {
      "english": "father-in-law (wife's father)",
      "word": "tьstь"
    },
    {
      "english": "mother-in-law (wife's mother)",
      "word": "tьšča"
    },
    {
      "english": "father-in-law (husband's father)",
      "word": "svekrъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "mother-in-law (husband's father)",
      "word": "svekry"
    },
    {
      "english": "brother-in-law (wife's brother)",
      "word": "šurь"
    },
    {
      "word": "svěstь"
    },
    {
      "english": "sister-in-law (wife's sister)",
      "word": "svьstь"
    },
    {
      "english": "brother-in-law (husband's brother)",
      "word": "děverь"
    },
    {
      "english": "sister-in-law (husband's sister)",
      "word": "zъly"
    },
    {
      "english": "son-in-law (daughter's husband)",
      "word": "zętь"
    },
    {
      "english": "daughter-in-law (son's wife)",
      "word": "snъxa"
    },
    {
      "word": "–"
    },
    {
      "english": "sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)",
      "word": "ętry"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "sla-pro:Female family members"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grandmother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grandmother",
          "grandmother"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sla-pro:grandmother"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        },
        {
          "word": "*ova"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sla-pro:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (figuratively) various objects used for hammering in, inserting, plugging"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sla-pro:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (figuratively) various objects used as a base, support (like a backrest)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sla-pro:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (figuratively) various objects used for linking, connecting, binding together"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sla-pro:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (figuratively) various small, worthless items"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sla-pro:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (figuratively) heap of hay, grain; sheaf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "heap",
          "heap"
        ],
        [
          "hay",
          "hay"
        ],
        [
          "grain",
          "grain"
        ],
        [
          "sheaf",
          "sheaf"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sla-pro:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ babka (a type of ceremonial bread)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "babka",
          "babka"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sla-pro:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (figuratively) names of various species of mushrooms"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sla-pro:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman",
        "→ (possibly) great white pelican (any bird of the genus Pelecanus onocrotalus)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "Pelecanus onocrotalus",
          "Pelecanus onocrotalus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sla-pro:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        },
        {
          "word": "*žena"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sla-pro:Healthcare occupations",
        "sla-pro:Obstetrics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "midwife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*babica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Slavic terms with collocations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sorceress, witch, hex",
        "→ (figuratively) names of various butterflies"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sorceress",
          "sorceress"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
        [
          "hex",
          "hex"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*vědьma"
        },
        {
          "word": "*čarovьnica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Slavic terms with collocations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sorceress, witch, hex",
        "→ (figuratively) names of various plants"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sorceress",
          "sorceress"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
        [
          "hex",
          "hex"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*vědьma"
        },
        {
          "word": "*čarovьnica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Slavic terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "baba ęga ― Baba Yaga",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ęga baba ― Baba Yaga",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sorceress, witch, hex"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sorceress",
          "sorceress"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
        [
          "hex",
          "hex"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*vědьma"
        },
        {
          "word": "*čarovьnica"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Northern regional Proto-Slavic",
        "sla-pro:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pleiades (star cluster)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "Pleiades",
          "Pleiades"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "North Slavic",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(North Slavic, astronomy, in the plural) Pleiades (star cluster)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sla-pro:Pleiades"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*babъky"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Moscow",
    "Nauka (publisher)",
    "Oleg Trubachyov",
    "Rick Derksen"
  ],
  "word": "baba"
}

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