papież

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish papież, from Old Czech papež.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.pjɛʂ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -apjɛʂ
  • Syllabification: pa‧pież

Noun

papież m pers (female equivalent papieżyca or (obsolete, rare) papnieżnica)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) pope (honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state)
    Synonyms: Ojciec Święty, biskup Rzymu
  2. (Coptic Orthodoxy) pope (honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church)
  3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) pope (honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church)
  4. (tarot) Hierophant (fifth card of the Major Arcana in occult Tarot decks used in divination)
    Synonym: arcykapłan

Declension

Declension of papież
singular plural
nominative papież papieże
genitive papieża papieżów/papieży
dative papieżowi papieżom
accusative papieża papieżów/papieży
instrumental papieżem papieżami
locative papieżu papieżach
vocative papieżu papieże

Derived terms

adjective
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verb
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Descendants

  • → Lithuanian: popiežius

References

  1. ^ Mieczysław Basaj, Janusz Siatkowski (2006) “papież”, in Bohemizmy w języku polskim: Słownik (in Polish), Warsaw: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, →ISBN, page 217

Further reading

  • papież in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • papież in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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