babizna

See also: babizną and babizňa

Czech

Etymology

From baba +‎ -izna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbabɪzna]
  • Rhymes: -ɪzna

Noun

babizna f

  1. crone (ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman)

Declension

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Further reading

Old Polish

Etymology

From baba +‎ -izna. First attested in 1425.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /babʲi(ː)zna/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /babʲizna/

Noun

babizna f

  1. inheritance from a grandmother
    Synonyms: babczyzna, babina
    • 1856-1870 [1425], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki[1], volume II, number 2023:
      Pro aualitate al. babisnø
      [Pro aualitate al. babiznę]

Descendants

  • Polish: babizna

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “babizna”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish babizna. By surface analysis, baba +‎ -izna.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /baˈbiz.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -izna
  • Syllabification: ba‧biz‧na

Noun

babizna f

  1. (Middle Polish) old age, frailness
  2. (obsolete) inheritance from a grandmother

Declension

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