"bēbis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latvian]

IPA: /ˈbēːbis/
Etymology: From English baby. Alternative historical forms: bebijs, bēbijs. First attested use – 1911. Etymology templates: {{uder|lv|en|baby}} English baby Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|2 declension||||||or||||or||||cat2=|g=m|g2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} bēbis m (2 declension), {{lv-noun|m|2}} bēbis m (2 declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|bē|is|2nd||b|bj}}, {{lv-decl-noun-2|bē|is|4=|5=b|6=bj|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=0}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|bēbis|bēbji|bēbi|bēbjus|bēbja|bēbju|bēbim|bēbjiem|bēbi|bēbjiem|bēbī|bēbjos|bēbi|bēbji|type=2nd|x=0}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bēbis [nominative, singular], bēbji [nominative, plural], bēbja [genitive, singular], bēbju [genitive, plural], bēbim [dative, singular], bēbjiem [dative, plural], bēbi [accusative, singular], bēbjus [accusative, plural], bēbi [instrumental, singular], bēbjiem [instrumental, plural], bēbī [locative, singular], bēbjos [locative, plural], bēbi [singular, vocative], bēbji [plural, vocative]
  1. (colloquial) a baby, an infant or a toddler Tags: colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-bēbis-lv-noun-ZE7JQ50k Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. (figurative) a childish, immature person Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-bēbis-lv-noun-vTCqnep7 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian undefined derivations Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Latvian undefined derivations: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mazulis [masculine], zīdainis [masculine]
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