баба

Визначення

1. grandmother, granny, old woman (in some cases maternal grandmother only)
2. baba, babka (a special, delicate ritual bread that is blessed by a priest at Easter)
3. a fortune teller or witch, practising the art of віск зливати (visk zlyvaty, “wax pouring”)
4. baba (a name given to сніп (snip) at Christmas, a sheaf of grain (wheat or rye), brought into the home for Christmas Eve supper свята́ вече́ря (svjatá večérja), placed in a corner of the room and later fed to livestock or cattle)
5. (any) woman; countrywoman
   historical
6. woman, female, broad
   colloquial, derogatory, slang

Еквіваленти

Приклади

“не ма́ла ба́ба кло́поту та купи́ла ба́ба порося́”

the woman had no trouble but the woman has bought a piglet

Рівень CEFR