бабить

Russian

Etymology

From баба + -ить. The various definitions are derived from the traditional roles that older women took on with the exception of the last, which relates to a secondary meaning of баба.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbabʲɪtʲ]

Verb

ба́бить (bábitʹ) impf

  1. (regional, archaic, Novgorod, Pskov, Smolensk, Kaluga, Oryol, Kursk, Nizhegorod, Arkhangelsk, Perm) to work as a midwife
  2. (regional, archaic, Kursk, Oryol, Nizhegorod, Perm) to heal, to cure
  3. (regional, archaic, Oboyan, Kursk, Orlov) to do magic, to enchant
  4. (regional, archaic, Vologda) to be married

Conjugation

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