Derived from earlier formbašta ("father"), which is itself a borrowing fromOld Church Slavonic. Compare*batę and*batja. Cognates includeBulgarianбаща́(baštá,“father”),Russianба́тя(bátja),ба́тько(bátʹko),Old Czechbaťa(“brother”) and Serbo-Croatian dialectal formsbáća andbata(“brother”). First attested in the 16th century.[1]
bȁština f (Cyrillic spellingба̏штина)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | baština | baštine |
| genitive | baštine | baština |
| dative | baštini | baštinama |
| accusative | baštinu | baštine |
| vocative | baštino | baštine |
| locative | baštini | baštinama |
| instrumental | baštinom | baštinama |
