popă

See also: popa and popã

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa”). Compare also Aromanian popã, pãpã. Or alternatively, from Latin popa, papa, hence its presence in other neighbour languages. Doublet of papă.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.pə/
  • Rhymes: -opə
  • Hyphenation: po‧pă

Noun

popă m (plural popi)

  1. (informal) priest
  2. (playing cards) king

Declension

Declension of popă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative popă popa popi popii
genitive-dative popă popii popi popilor
vocative popă, popo popilor

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