bajka

== Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajьka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbajka] === Noun === bajka f fable, apologue (a moral story featuring anthropomorphic animals) (by extension) fable, tall tale (a fanciful or exaggerated story) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “bajka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “bajka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “bajka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Polish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ajka Syllabification: baj‧ka === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajьka. By surface analysis, bajać +‎ -ka. ==== Alternative forms ==== bojka (Masovian Borderland, Zagórze) ==== Noun ==== bajka f (diminutive bajeczka, augmentative baja) fable, apologue (a story reenforcing some moral or morals) fable (fiction; untruth; falsehood) fairy tale (a story containing imaginary events) Synonyms: bajda, baśń (colloquial, sometimes proscribed) cartoon (animated series or movie) Synonym: kreskówka (colloquial, chiefly negated) cup of tea, one's thing (area of interest) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See bańka. ==== Noun ==== bajka f (Zagórze) alternative form of bańka (“glass Christmas tree decoration; cupping device for someone sick”) === Further reading === “bajka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “moja bajka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “bajka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “bajka”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎[4] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 3 Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “bańka”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎[5] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 3 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajьka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bâːjka/ Hyphenation: baj‧ka Rhymes: -âːjka === Noun === bȃjka f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑јка) fairy tale Krvava bajka ― A Bloody Fairy Tale (poem by Desanka Maksimović) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== prȋča === Further reading === “bajka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026