báb

See also: bab and Bab.

Hungarian

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin from infant language. It may be connected to baba.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːb]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: báb

Noun

báb (plural bábok)

  1. dummy
  2. puppet
  3. cocoon

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
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

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Irish

Etymology

Noun

báb f (genitive singular báibe, nominative plural bába)

  1. baby
  2. (poetic) maiden

Declension
Declension of báb

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative báb bába
Vocative a bháb a bhába
Genitive báibe báb
Dative báb bába

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bháb na bába
Genitive na báibe na mbáb
Dative leis an mbáb

don bháb

 leis na bába

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báb bháb mbáb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Rohingya

Etymology

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

Noun

báb

  1. steam

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːp/

Etymology 1

Noun

báb

  1. genitive plural of baba

Etymology 2

Noun

báb

  1. genitive plural of bába

Etymology 3

Noun

báb

  1. genitive plural of bábo
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