nounfeminine#3,429 by frequency
ба́ба
[ˈbabə]baba
woman; countrywoman; grandma, granny; old woman
- genitive
- ба́бы
- plural
- ба́бы
Meanings
- 1
(any) woman; countrywoman
- 2
grandma, granny — short for ба́бушка (bábuška)
- 3
old woman — short for ба́бушка (bábuška)
- 4
woman, female, broad; countrywoman
- 5
peasant’s wife, peasant womanrare
- 6
milksop, old woman — weak manrare
- 7
ram — of a pile driverrare
- 8
drop weightrare
- 9
baba (tall, cylindrical cake), bundt cake, Gugelhupfrare
- 10
in expressionsrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ба́ба | ба́бы |
| genitive | ба́бы | ба́б |
| dative | ба́бе | ба́бам |
| accusative | ба́бу | ба́б |
| instrumental | ба́бой | ба́бами |
| prepositional | ба́бе | ба́бах |