bajka
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajьka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbajka]
Audio: (file)
Noun
bajka f
- fable, apologue (a moral story featuring anthropomorphic animals)
- (by extension) fable, tall tale (a fanciful or exaggerated story)
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- “bajka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “bajka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “bajka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajьka. By surface analysis, bajać + -ka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaj.ka/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ajka
- Syllabification: baj‧ka
Noun
bajka f (diminutive bajeczka, augmentative baja)
- fable, apologue (a story reenforcing some moral or morals)
- fable (fiction; untruth; falsehood)
- fairy tale (a story containing imaginary events)
- (colloquial) cartoon (animated series or movie)
- Synonym: kreskówka
- (colloquial, chiefly negated) cup of tea, one's thing (area of interest)
- Synonym: kreskówka
Declension
Declension of bajka
Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
verbs
- bajczyć impf
verbs
- włożyć między bajki pf, wkładać między bajki impf
Related terms
verb
Further reading
- bajka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- moja bajka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bajka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajьka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bâːjka/
- Hyphenation: baj‧ka
- Rhymes: -âːjka
Noun
bȃjka f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑јка)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | bajka | bajke |
genitive | bajke | bȃjkī / bȃjkā |
dative | bajci | bajkama |
accusative | bajku | bajke |
vocative | bajko | bajke |
locative | bajci | bajkama |
instrumental | bajkom | bajkama |
See also
Further reading
- “bajka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025