באָבען

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Yiddish

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Noun

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באָבען (boben or bobm)

  1. accusative/dative singular of באָבע (bobe)

Usage notes

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Use of the inflected accusative form is optional and may be entirely obsolete in some dialects.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Dovid Katz (1987) Grammar of the Yiddish Language[1], London: Duckworth, →ISBN, pages 97-100
  2. ^ Zoë Belk, Lily Kahn & Kriszta Eszter Szendrői. “Complete loss of case and gender within two generations: evidence from Stamford Hill Hasidic Yiddish.” The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics 23, 271–326 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10828-020-09119-9