babica

From baba +‎ -ica. First attested in 1472. Compare Polish babica and Silesian babica.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /babit͡sa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /babit͡sa/

babica f

1. willow (any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix)

   Hyponym: wierzba

   • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[1], number 246:

     Babicza salix

     [Babica salix]

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “babica”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

From baba +‎ -ica. Compare Old Polish babica and Silesian babica. First attested in 1600–1750.

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /baˈbi.t͡sa/

babica f

1. (Middle Polish) type of hydrotechnical device

• Paweł Kupiszewski (15.01.2021) “BABICA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “babica”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 78

From bȁba +‎ -ica.

• IPA^(key): /bâbit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧bi‧ca
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

bȁbica f (Cyrillic spelling ба̏бица)

1. midwife
2. (obsolete) wet nurse
3. nanny
4. (term of endearment) grandmother

• “babica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

From baba +‎ -ica. Compare Old Polish babica and Polish babica.

• IPA^(key): /baˈbi.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: ba‧bi‧ca

babica f

1. village midwife

   Synonym: babka

• Bogdan Kallus (2020) “babica”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 234
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “babica”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 32

From bába +‎ -ica.

• IPA^(key): /bàːbit͡sa/

bábica f

1. midwife
2. grandmother

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

• prȃbábica

• “babica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024