әбей

Bashkir

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [æˈβɪj], (NW) [æˈbiʲ]
  • Hyphenation: ә‧бей

Noun

әбей • (äbey)

  1. old woman
    Бер ауылда ярлы ғына әбей йәшәгән, аның Йәнтимер исемле 12 йәшле улы булған ти.
    Ber awïlda yarlï ğïna äbey yäšägän, anïñ Yäntimer isemle 12 yäšle ulï bulğan ti.
    A rather poor old woman lived in a village, she had a 12-year old son called Yäntimer.
    (From a fairy-tale)
  2. (family term) the elder sister of the speaker's father or mother
  3. (Eastern Bashkir, North-Western Bashkir) an address to a woman older than the speaker's mother

Declension
Inflection of әбей (äbey)
singular plural
absolute әбей (äbey) әбейҙәр (äbeyðär)
definite genitive әбейҙең (äbeyðeñ) әбейҙәрҙең (äbeyðärðeñ)
dative әбейгә (äbeygä) әбейҙәргә (äbeyðärgä)
definite accusative әбейҙе (äbeyðe) әбейҙәрҙе (äbeyðärðe)
locative әбейҙә (äbeyðä) әбейҙәрҙә (äbeyðärðä)
ablative әбейҙән (äbeyðän) әбейҙәрҙән (äbeyðärðän)

See also
  • инәй (inäy, “address to a woman older than the speaker's mother”) (Southern Bashkir, Standard)
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