"baba jaga" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈba.ba ˈja.ɡa/
Etymology: From Baba Jaga. Head templates: {{pl-noun|f}} baba jaga f Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-phrase|f|f}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], baba jaga [nominative, singular], baby jagi [nominative, plural], baby jagi [genitive, singular], bab jag [genitive, plural], babie jadze [dative, singular], babom jagom [dative, plural], babę jagę [accusative, singular], baby jagi [accusative, plural], babą jagą [instrumental, singular], babami jagami [instrumental, plural], babie jadze [locative, singular], babach jagach [locative, plural], babo jago [singular, vocative], baby jagi [plural, vocative], baba-jaga [alternative]
  1. (Slavic mythology) hex or an evil old woman as a personification of calamity, death, diseases Tags: feminine Synonyms: jędza Related terms: Baba Jaga
    Sense id: en-baba_jaga-pl-noun-ymlQGN2a Categories (other): Slavic mythology, Polish links with manual fragments, Female, Female people Disambiguation of Polish links with manual fragments: 51 49 Disambiguation of Female: 100 0 Disambiguation of Female people: 90 10
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) hag, harridan, vixen, virago, witch (ugly or unpleasant woman) Tags: colloquial, derogatory, feminine Synonyms: czarownica, heksa, jędza, wiedźma, zołza
    Sense id: en-baba_jaga-pl-noun-Y7cly32c Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Polish entries with incorrect language header, Polish links with manual fragments, Polish links with redundant alt parameters, Polish links with redundant wikilinks, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Polish links with manual fragments: 51 49 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant alt parameters: 40 60 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant wikilinks: 33 67 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 28 72

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Baba Jaga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pl-decl-phrase",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baba jaga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baby jagi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baby jagi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bab jag",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babie jadze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babom jagom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babę jagę",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baby jagi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babą jagą",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babami jagami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babie jadze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babach jagach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babo jago",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baby jagi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baba-jaga",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "baba jaga f",
      "name": "pl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ba‧ba"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
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        "2": "f"
      },
      "name": "pl-decl-phrase"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pl",
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          "orig": "pl:Slavic mythology",
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        },
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          "_dis": "51 49",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
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          "langcode": "pl",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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            [
              65,
              68
            ]
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              56,
              65
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          ],
          "english": "I started having night terrors again. Before that, I dreamt of a hex. She was chasing me, and I couldn't escape.",
          "text": "Znów zaczęłam mieć nocne strachy. Przedtem śniła mi się baba jaga. Goniła mnie, a ja nie mogłam uciec.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hex or an evil old woman as a personification of calamity, death, diseases"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba_jaga-pl-noun-ymlQGN2a",
      "links": [
        [
          "Slavic",
          "Slavic"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "hex",
          "hex"
        ],
        [
          "calamity",
          "calamity"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ],
        [
          "disease",
          "disease"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Slavic mythology) hex or an evil old woman as a personification of calamity, death, diseases"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "word": "Baba Jaga"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "jędza"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "51 49",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "40 60",
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          "_dis": "33 67",
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              52,
              55
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          ],
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            [
              53,
              62
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And when he gets upset with me, he says that I am a hex.",
          "text": "A jak się na mnie denerwuje, to stwierdza, że jestem babą jagą.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hag, harridan, vixen, virago, witch (ugly or unpleasant woman)"
      ],
      "id": "en-baba_jaga-pl-noun-Y7cly32c",
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          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "hag",
          "hag"
        ],
        [
          "harridan",
          "harridan"
        ],
        [
          "vixen",
          "vixen"
        ],
        [
          "virago",
          "virago"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, derogatory) hag, harridan, vixen, virago, witch (ugly or unpleasant woman)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "czarownica"
        },
        {
          "word": "heksa"
        },
        {
          "word": "jędza"
        },
        {
          "word": "wiedźma"
        },
        {
          "word": "zołza"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "derogatory",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈba.ba ˈja.ɡa/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "baba-jaga"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Baba-Jaga"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Baba Jaga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baba jaga"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Polish feminine nouns",
    "Polish lemmas",
    "Polish links with manual fragments",
    "Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Polish multiword terms",
    "Polish nouns",
    "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Polish terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Polish terms with homophones",
    "pl:Female",
    "pl:Female people",
    "pl:Mythological creatures"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Baba Jaga.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pl-decl-phrase",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baba jaga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baby jagi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baby jagi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bab jag",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babie jadze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babom jagom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babę jagę",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baby jagi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babą jagą",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babami jagami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babie jadze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babach jagach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babo jago",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baby jagi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baba-jaga",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
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              56,
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          "english": "I started having night terrors again. Before that, I dreamt of a hex. She was chasing me, and I couldn't escape.",
          "text": "Znów zaczęłam mieć nocne strachy. Przedtem śniła mi się baba jaga. Goniła mnie, a ja nie mogłam uciec.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hex or an evil old woman as a personification of calamity, death, diseases"
      ],
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          "Slavic",
          "Slavic"
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        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
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        [
          "hex",
          "hex"
        ],
        [
          "calamity",
          "calamity"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ],
        [
          "disease",
          "disease"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "jędza"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Polish colloquialisms",
        "Polish derogatory terms",
        "Polish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              53,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "And when he gets upset with me, he says that I am a hex.",
          "text": "A jak się na mnie denerwuje, to stwierdza, że jestem babą jagą.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "hag",
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        ],
        [
          "harridan",
          "harridan"
        ],
        [
          "vixen",
          "vixen"
        ],
        [
          "virago",
          "virago"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "czarownica"
        },
        {
          "word": "heksa"
        },
        {
          "word": "jędza"
        },
        {
          "word": "wiedźma"
        },
        {
          "word": "zołza"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "derogatory",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈba.ba ˈja.ɡa/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "baba-jaga"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Baba-Jaga"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Baba Jaga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baba jaga"
}

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