биба

Bulgarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from Proto-Slavic *biba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbibə/

Noun

бѝба • (bìba) f

  1. duck's beak (baby-word)
  2. (dialectal) duck
    Synonym: патка (patka)

Declension
Inflection of биба
singular plural
indefinite биба биби
definite бибата бибите
vocative form бибо биби

References
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “биба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 45
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