bēbis

See also: bebis

Latvian

Etymology

From English baby. Alternative historical forms: bebijs, bēbijs. First attested use – 1911.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbēːbis/

Noun

bēbis m (2 declension)

  1. (colloquial) a baby, an infant or a toddler
    Bebijs – bērns, 1-2 gadus vecs[2]
    Baby – a child, 1 or 2 years old
    Baby – bēbis, mazs bērns.[3]
    Baby – an infant, a small child.
  2. (figurative) a childish, immature person

Declension
Declension of bēbis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) bēbis bēbji
accusative (akuzatīvs) bēbi bēbjus
genitive (ģenitīvs) bēbja bēbju
dative (datīvs) bēbim bēbjiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) bēbi bēbjiem
locative (lokatīvs) bēbī bēbjos
vocative (vokatīvs) bēbi bēbji

See also

References
  1. “bēbis” in Juris Baldunčiks (1989), Anglicismi latviešu valodā (Rīga: «Zinātne») →ISBN.
  2. Vidiņš J., (1911), Svešvārdu grāmata, Rīga, page 48.
  3. (1927-28), Latviešu konversācijas vārdnīca, Rīga, page 1526.
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