babica

From baba +‎ -ica. First attested in 1472. Compare Polish babica and Silesian babica.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /babit͡sa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /babit͡sa/

babica f

1. willow (any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix)

   Hyponym: wierzba

   • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[1], number 246:

     Babicza salix

     [Babica salix]

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “babica”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

From baba +‎ -ica. Compare Old Polish babica and Silesian babica. First attested in 1600–1750.

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /baˈbi.t͡sa/

babica f

1. (Middle Polish) type of hydrotechnical device

• Paweł Kupiszewski (15.01.2021) “BABICA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “babica”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 78

From bȁba +‎ -ica.

• IPA^(key): /bâbit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧bi‧ca
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

bȁbica f (Cyrillic spelling ба̏бица)

1. midwife
2. (obsolete) wet nurse
3. nanny
4. (term of endearment) grandmother

• “babica” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From baba +‎ -ica. Compare Old Polish babica and Polish babica.

• IPA^(key): /baˈbit͡sa/
• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: ba‧bi‧ca

babica f

1. village midwife

   Synonym: babka

• Bogdan Kallus (2020) “babica”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 234
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “babica”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 32

From bába +‎ -ica.

• IPA^(key): /bàːbit͡sa/

bábica f

1. midwife
2. grandmother

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	bábica
gen. sing.	bábice
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bábica	bábici	bábice
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bábice	bábic	bábic
dative (dajȃlnik)	bábici	bábicama	bábicam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bábico	bábici	bábice
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bábici	bábicah	bábicah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bábico	bábicama	bábicami

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• “babica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran