"ba" meaning in Proto-Slavic

See ba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

Etymology: Likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ (affirmative adverb), cognate with Ancient Greek φή (phḗ, “like, as”), Avestan 𐬠𐬁 (bā, “indeed”). Etymology templates: {{der|sla-pro|ine-pro|*bʰe|*bʰeh₂|pos=affirmative adverb}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ (affirmative adverb), {{cog|grc|φή||like, as}} Ancient Greek φή (phḗ, “like, as”), {{cog|ae|𐬠𐬁||indeed}} Avestan 𐬠𐬁 (bā, “indeed”) Head templates: {{head|sla-pro|particle|cat2=|cat3=|head=|sort=}} *ba
  1. yes, yeah (a term used to indicate general agreement) Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *da
    Sense id: en-ba-sla-pro-particle-uyPLM2yM Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Slavic particles Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic particles: 100 0
  2. indeed Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-ba-sla-pro-particle-2Iij5OqV
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: ба (ba)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rare"
          },
          "expansion": "(rare)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: ба (ba) (rare)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "ба",
            "t": "wow!"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: ба (ba, “wow!”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: ба (ba, “wow!”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Bulgarian: ба (ba)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rare"
          },
          "expansion": "(rare)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bulgarian: ба (ba) (rare)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Macedonian: ба (ba)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rare",
            "2": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "(rare, dialectal)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Macedonian: ба (ba) (rare, dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "ба̏",
            "sclb": "1",
            "t": "wow!"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: ба̏ (“wow!”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: ба̏ (“wow!”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "bȁ",
            "sclb": "1",
            "t": "wow!"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: bȁ (“wow!”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: bȁ (“wow!”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "ba"
          },
          "expansion": "Czech: ba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Czech: ba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-opl",
            "2": "ba"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Polish: ba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Polish: ba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "ba"
          },
          "expansion": "Polish: ba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Polish: ba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "ba"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovak: ba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovak: ba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sorbian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "ba"
          },
          "expansion": "Lower Sorbian: ba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lower Sorbian: ba"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰe",
        "4": "*bʰeh₂",
        "pos": "affirmative adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ (affirmative adverb)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φή",
        "3": "",
        "4": "like, as"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φή (phḗ, “like, as”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬠𐬁",
        "3": "",
        "4": "indeed"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬠𐬁 (bā, “indeed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ (affirmative adverb), cognate with Ancient Greek φή (phḗ, “like, as”), Avestan 𐬠𐬁 (bā, “indeed”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "particle",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*ba",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ba",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*ne"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yes, yeah (a term used to indicate general agreement)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ba-sla-pro-particle-uyPLM2yM",
      "links": [
        [
          "yes",
          "yes"
        ],
        [
          "yeah",
          "yeah"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*da"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "→ wow, really (interjection expressing surprise, astonishment)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indeed"
      ],
      "id": "en-ba-sla-pro-particle-2Iij5OqV",
      "links": [
        [
          "indeed",
          "indeed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ba"
}
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
    "Proto-Slavic particles",
    "Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: ба (ba)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rare"
          },
          "expansion": "(rare)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: ба (ba) (rare)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "ба",
            "t": "wow!"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: ба (ba, “wow!”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: ба (ba, “wow!”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Bulgarian: ба (ba)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rare"
          },
          "expansion": "(rare)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bulgarian: ба (ba) (rare)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "ба"
          },
          "expansion": "Macedonian: ба (ba)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rare",
            "2": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "(rare, dialectal)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Macedonian: ба (ba) (rare, dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "ба̏",
            "sclb": "1",
            "t": "wow!"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: ба̏ (“wow!”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: ба̏ (“wow!”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "bȁ",
            "sclb": "1",
            "t": "wow!"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: bȁ (“wow!”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: bȁ (“wow!”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "ba"
          },
          "expansion": "Czech: ba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Czech: ba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-opl",
            "2": "ba"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Polish: ba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Polish: ba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "ba"
          },
          "expansion": "Polish: ba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Polish: ba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "ba"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovak: ba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovak: ba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sorbian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "ba"
          },
          "expansion": "Lower Sorbian: ba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lower Sorbian: ba"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "3": "*bʰe",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ (affirmative adverb)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "φή",
        "3": "",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "𐬠𐬁",
        "3": "",
        "4": "indeed"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬠𐬁 (bā, “indeed”)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ (affirmative adverb), cognate with Ancient Greek φή (phḗ, “like, as”), Avestan 𐬠𐬁 (bā, “indeed”).",
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  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
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  "pos": "particle",
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        [
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          "yeah"
        ]
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          "word": "*da"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "→ wow, really (interjection expressing surprise, astonishment)"
        }
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        "indeed"
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        [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ba"
}

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