What does Баба-Яга in Russian mean?

What is the meaning of the word Баба-Яга in Russian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use Баба-Яга in Russian.

The word Баба-Яга in Russian means Baba Yaga, hag, witch, witch. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word Баба-Яга

Baba Yaga

proper (hag who flies through the air in a mortar)

Баба-Яга зашла в избушку и поставила на огонь большой котёл.
Baba Yaga came and went boil in a large turkey.

hag

verb noun

witch

verb noun

witch

noun

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К вечеру Василиса собрала на стол и ждет бабу-ягу.
When evening came Vasilisa set the table and waited for Baba Yaga.
– Не делай этого, брат, – вздохнула Баба Яга
“Don’t do it, Brother,” sighed Baba Yaga.
Особенно для того, что путешествует с Бабой Ягой.
Especially one that travels with a Baba Yaga.”
Если такую работу можно выполнять в избушке бабы Яги – тем лучше.
If this work can take place in Baba Yaga's hut, so much the better.
Баба-Яга не могла её пересечь, пока все её коровы не вылакают речную воду.
And Baba Yaga can not cross... until you drink all the water.
«Доченька моя ненаглядная, – сказала Баба-яга, – отчего у нас в избе человечьим духом пахнет?»
“My darling, my daughter,” said Baba Yaga, “why can I smell human blood?”
Баба-Яга начинает петь и плясать.
And Baba Yaga sings and dances.
Я иду за Бабой Ягой или умру пытаясь
I'm going after Baba Yaga or I'll die trying.
Там живет ведьма: Баба Яга, что разводит лучших лошадей в мире.
A witch lives there: a Baba Yaga, who breeds the finest horses in all the world.
Комендант выслушал эти речи, поблагодарил Бабу-ягу за науку, наградил ее золотом и бегом к королю
The steward listened words, thanked Baba Yaga for her advice, rewarded her with gold, and ran to the king.
Вот Богатырь это культурный код, Баба-Яга это культурный код.
Here Bogatyr is a cultural code, Baba Yaga is a cultural code.
И я еще называл её Бабой-Ягой.
Because she heard me call her a troll.
Баба-яга стала его грызть, но сколь ни старалась — не могла прогрызть и воротилась назад.
Baba Yaga began to gnaw it, but no matter how she tried she could not gnaw through it, and she turned back.
Ты можешь сломать Бабу Ягу как тростинку, а затем получить ее ручного человека на десерт.
You can snap Baba Yaga like a twig, and have her pet Human for dessert.
Баба Яга – образец того, как оставаться верной своей Самости.
Baba Yaga is the model for being true to the Self.
– Давным-давно жила-была в России колдунья по имени Баба-яга.
‘Once in Russia there was a witch called Baba Yaga.
Ну, не сильно, во всяком случае, при виде жуткой и уродливой Бабы Яги.
Well, not much, at any rate, for all that the Baba Yaga was a fierce and ugly creature.
Я сделаю так, что ребенок долгие годы будет называть вас Бабой-ягой.
I’ll have this baby calling you Gammy Gigi for years.
"Вы, наверное, думаете, что знаете, кто такая ""Баба Яга""."
You probably think you know who Baba Yaga is.
При мне ничего не станется с тобой у бабы-яги».
With me in your pocket you will suffer no harm from Baha Yaga.”
Внутри домик тоже никак не походил на жилище уважающей себя бабы-яги.
The inside of the house didn't look like a place any self-respecting Baba Yaga could live either.
Давным-давно на Руси и в соседних странах рассказывали легенды о колдунье по имени Баба Яга.
Long ago, in Russia and its neighboring countries, legends told of a witch named Baba Yaga.
Да будь Райан уродлива как ведьма Баба Яга, он все равно ввязался бы в это дело.
Even if Rian was as ugly as the witch Baba Yaga, he’d still have to be following up on this.
Что- то напутал Кащей.. Ни красавицы Синеглазки, ни Бабы- Яги...
Kashchei somehow got it wrong, neither the beauty with- the- blue- eyes nor Baba Yaga are here...
– «Нет, – отвечала Василиса, – но я привела дочь Бабы-яги и принесла фонарь».
and Vasilissa said, “No, but I have brought Baba Yaga’s daughter and light.”

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