Meaning

2 senses
  1. (onomatopoeic)The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep or (broader) a sheep or goat.

    Near-synonyms: bleat, bleating

    Blöken

    бле́яниеbléjanije

    the cry made by sheep

  2. The letter ب in the Arabic script.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The lamb bleats 'baa'.

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  2. "You're dumb, you don't just baa", said Ziri.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
bleating of sheep:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bleating of sheep:

Origin

Compare German bäh, mäh; an imitative word. Borrowed from Arabic بَاء (bāʔ).

Compare German bäh, mäh; an imitative word.

Borrowed from Arabic بَاء (bāʔ).

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Forms

plural: baas
Singularbaa
Pluralbaas

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbaa-lamb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
baa — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto