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батюшка

батюшка

Russian

Noun

ба́тюшка (bátjuška) m anim (genitive ба́тюшки, nominative plural ба́тюшки, genitive plural ба́тюшек)

  1. (obsolete) father (parent)
    Как вас по ба́тюшке? (obsolete)What is your patronymic?
  2. father (term of address for a priest)
    Ба́тюшки (мои́ or свя́ты)! (collоquial)Good gracious! Goodness me!
  3. dear friend; old boy (respectful and affectionate term of address)

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