ба• (ba)
- alternative form ofбе(be)
- Ареба! ―Areba! ―Oh, come on!
Inherited fromClassical Mongolian[Term?], fromMiddle Mongolᠪᠠ᠍(ba,“as well”,particle).(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
ба• (ba)
- and
Inherited fromOld Slovakba, fromProto-Slavic*ba.
ба (ba)
- well,too(reinforces disagreement, opposition of the speaker at the preceding words of the co-locutor)
- Synonyms:вера(vera),боме(bome)
ба я пойдзем, гоч як ше ти процивиш- ba ja pojdzem, hoč jak še ti prociviš
- Iam going to leave, no matter how much you oppose
- even(emphasizes width of permittance of something)
- Synonyms:вера(vera),боме(bome)
поробел шицко,ба и вецей як треба- porobel šicko,ba i vecej jak treba
- he did everything,even more than he should have
ба (ba)
- (childish)yuck(expression of disgust)
- Synonyms:фи(fi),фуй(fuj)
- Medʹeši, H.;Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “ба1”, inRamač, Ju., editor,Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad:Faculty of Philosophy
- Medʹeši, H.;Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “ба2”, inRamač, Ju., editor,Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad:Faculty of Philosophy
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*ba.
ба• (ba)
- (colloquial)why!,well I never!,wow!(an exclamation of surprise, especially at an unexpected meeting)
- Ба! Кого́ я ви́жу! ―Ba! Kovó ja vížu! ―Why, I can't believe this is really you!
1973,Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава IX. Коровьевские штуки”, inМастер и Маргарита; English translation fromRichard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl.,Master and Margarita, London:Penguin Books,1997:–Ба! Никано́р Ива́нович, – заора́л дребезжа́щим те́нором неожи́данный граждани́н и, вскочи́в, приве́тствовал председа́теля наси́льственным и внеза́пным рукопожа́тием.- –Ba! Nikanór Ivánovič, – zaorál drebezžáščim ténorom neožídannyj graždanín i, vskočív, privétstvoval predsedátelja nasílʹstvennym i vnezápnym rukopožátijem.
- ‘Hah! Nikanor Ivanovich!’ the unexpected citizen yelled in a rattling tenor and, jumping up, greeted the chairman with a forced and sudden handshake.
Clipping ofба́бушка(bábuška).
ба• (ba) f anim (indeclinable)
- (informal term of address)granny,gran
Inherited fromClassical Persianبَه(ba).
ба• (ba) (Persian spellingبه)
- at
- to
- in
- for
