báb

See also: bab, Bab, and Bab.

Hungarian

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin from infant language. It may be a doublet of baba.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːb]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːb
  • Hyphenation: báb

Noun

báb (plural bábok)

  1. dummy
  2. puppet
    Synonym: bábu
  3. cocoon
    Synonym: gubó
  4. (zoology) pupa, chrysalis

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative báb bábok
accusative bábot bábokat
dative bábnak báboknak
instrumental bábbal bábokkal
causal-final bábért bábokért
translative bábbá bábokká
terminative bábig bábokig
essive-formal bábként bábokként
essive-modal — —
inessive bábban bábokban
superessive bábon bábokon
adessive bábnál báboknál
illative bábba bábokba
sublative bábra bábokra
allative bábhoz bábokhoz
elative bábból bábokból
delative bábról bábokról
ablative bábtól báboktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		bábé báboké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		bábéi bábokéi
Possessive forms of báb
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bábom bábjaim
2nd person sing. bábod bábjaid
3rd person sing. bábja bábjai
1st person plural bábunk bábjaink
2nd person plural bábotok bábjaitok
3rd person plural bábjuk bábjaik

Derived terms

  • bábos
  • bábozik
Compound words

References

  1. ^ báb in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ báb in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • báb in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • báb in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

báb f (genitive singular báibe, nominative plural bába)

  1. baby
  2. (poetic) maiden

Declension

Declension of báb (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative báb bába
vocative a bháb a bhába
genitive báibe báb
dative báb bába
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bháb na bába
genitive na báibe na mbáb
dative leis an mbáb
don bháb 		leis na bába

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of báb
radical lenition eclipsis
báb bháb mbáb

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Rohingya

Etymology

From a variant of Sanskrit वाष्प (vāṣpa). Compare wap.

Noun

báb

  1. steam

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːp/

Noun

báb

  1. genitive plural of baba

Noun

báb

  1. genitive plural of bába

Noun

báb

  1. genitive plural of bábo
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