бабка

• IPA^(key): [ˈbapkə]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babъka.

ба́бка • (bábka) f anim (genitive ба́бки, nominative plural ба́бки, genitive plural ба́бок)

1. granny, grandma

   Synonym: ба́бушка (bábuška)

2. old woman, crone, granny
3. (obsolete) midwife, a simplification of повивальная бабка, or "midwife old woman"
4. (obsolete) medicine woman

ба́бка • (bábka) f inan (genitive ба́бки, nominative plural ба́бки, genitive plural ба́бок)

1. (technology) mandrel
2. pastern
3. (anatomy) knucklebones (usually in the plural)

• → Ingrian: papu, pappu

• IPA^(key): [ˈbabkɐ]

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ба́бка • (bábka) f inan (genitive ба́бки, nominative plural бабки́, genitive plural бабо́к)

1. small anvil, mandrel
2. (Canada, Western Ukraine) name of a special, delicate ritual bread that is blessed by the priest at Easter. Equivalent to Austrian Gugelhupf, Polish baba wielkanocna, and Russian кулич (kulič). Sometimes conflated with паска (paska). Recipe is very different from Jewish babka, though shares an etymology. Synonym: баба (baba)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бабка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka