False Friends in Slavic Languages

The database knows following meanings of the Slovak word ‘baba’:

The Slovak meaning ‘old woman’ is shared by Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Croatian baba, Czech bába, Kashubian baba, Macedonian баба, Polish baba, Russian баба, Serbian баба and Ukrainian баба.
The Slovak meaning ‘grandmother’ is shared by Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Czech bába, Macedonian баба, Serbian баба and Ukrainian баба.
The Slovak meaning ‘pejorative of a woman’ is shared by Croatian baba, Czech bába, Kashubian baba, Polish baba, Russian баба, Slovenian baba and Lower Sorbian baba.
The Slovak meaning ‘midwife’ is shared by Bulgarian баба, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.
The Slovak meaning ‘coward’ is shared by Slovenian baba.
The meaning ‘mother-in-law’ (not present in Slovak ‘baba’) is attested in Bulgarian баба and Macedonian баба.
The meaning ‘cake’ (not present in Slovak ‘baba’) is attested in Belarusian баба, Polish baba, Lower Sorbian baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.

Slovak baba	Meaning: old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Belarusian баба	Meaning: old woman grandmother cake

Slovak baba	Meaning in Bosnian: baba / old woman grandmother ženska / pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bosnian baba	Meaning: old woman grandmother

Slovak baba	Meaning: old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bulgarian баба	Meaning: old woman grandmother midwife mother-in-law

Slovak baba	Meaning in Croatian: baba / old woman baka / grandmother ženska / pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Croatian baba	Meaning: old woman pejorative of a woman

Slovak baba	Meaning: old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Czech bába	Meaning: old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman

Slovak baba	Meaning: old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Kashubian baba	Meaning: old woman pejorative of a woman

Slovak baba	Meaning: old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Macedonian баба	Meaning: old woman grandmother mother-in-law

Slovak baba	Meaning in Polish: baba / old woman babcia / grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish baba	Meaning: old woman pejorative of a woman cake

Slovak baba	Meaning in Russian: баба / old woman бабушка / grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Russian баба	Meaning: old woman pejorative of a woman

Slovak baba	Meaning in Serbian: баба / old woman grandmother женска / pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Serbian баба	Meaning: old woman grandmother

Slovak baba	Meaning: old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovenian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman coward

Slovak baba	Meaning: old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Lower Sorbian baba	Meaning: pejorative of a woman cake

Slovak baba	Meaning: old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Upper Sorbian baba	Meaning: midwife cake

Slovak baba	Meaning: old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife coward	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Ukrainian баба	Meaning: old woman grandmother midwife cake

*baba

Meanings:

‘old woman’

‘grandmother’

‘pejorative of a woman’

‘midwife’

‘mother-in-law’

‘cake’

‘coward’

no such word

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