ба́бка

fairly common #1810C1

nounfeminineinanimatecountablecolloquial

1.
grandma, granny, grandmother
Ба́бка испекла́ нам пирог.
Granny baked us a pie.
Colloquial and folksy; often rural or affectionate-familiar.
2.
old woman, old lady
На скаме́йке сиде́ла какая-то ба́бка.
Some old woman was sitting on the bench.
Familiar, often slightly disparaging.
3.
money, cash, dough
Мы вложи́ли сюда́ все свои́ ба́бки.
We've sunk all of our money into this place.
Slang; almost always plural (бабки).
4.
(rare) pastern, fetlock jointzoology
У ло́шади распу́хла ба́бка.
The horse's pastern was swollen.
Of animals.
5.
(rare) knucklebone
Мальчи́шки игра́ли в ба́бки.
The boys were playing knucklebones.
Usually plural: the old children's game of knucklebones.
6.
(rare) headstock (of a lathe), mandrelengineering
Загото́вку зажа́ли в передней ба́бке станка́.
The workpiece was clamped in the lathe's headstock.
Technical: передняя/задняя бабка = head-/tailstock.

Examples

Ты как ба́бка ста́рая.
You're like an old woman.
Сара очень скуча́ла, слушая, как её дед и ба́бка распространя́ются о былы́х времена́х.
Sarah gets very bored listening to her grandparents rambling on about old times.
Бабка наворожила ей скорую свадьбу.
The old woman foretold that she would soon be married.
Ты прям ба́бка Ванга.
You are like cassandra.
Его дед и ба́бка родом из Силезии.
His grandparents hail from Silesia.

ба́бкаgrandma; old woman; money; pastern; knucklebone; headstock (of a lathe)
nounfemininecolloquial
бабскийwomanish
adjective
ба́бствоwomanhood (often derogatory)
nounneuter