παπᾶς

See also: παπάς and πάπας

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈpas/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈpas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈpas/

Noun

παπᾶς • (papâs) m (genitive παπᾶ); ? declension plural: παπάδες (papádes)

1. (Byzantine, Christianity) accent perispomene for παπάς (papás): father (priest)

Declension

Inflectional forms:

• singular genitive & vocative παπά (papá) / παπᾶ (papâ)
• singular accusative παπάν (papán) / παπᾶν (papân)
• plural nominative & vocative: παπάδες (papádes)
• plural genitive: παπάδων (papádōn), dialectal: παπάδω (papádō), rare: παπαδῶν (papadôn)
• plural accusative: παπάδας (papádas), post 14th century: παπάδες (papádes)

Related terms

• ἀπόπαπας m (apópapas, “bad priest”)
• βούπαπας m (boúpapas, “fat priest”)
• καλογερόπαπας m (kalogerópapas, “monk priest”)
• παπα- (papa-) (before male names)
• παπαδία f (papadía)
• παπαδιά f (papadiá)
• παπαδικός (papadikós, adjective)
• παπάδιον (papádion)
• παπαδίτζης (papadítzēs)
• παπαδοπούλα f (papadopoúla, “daughter of priest”)
• παπαδόπουλον (papadópoulon)
• παπακυρ- (papakur-, “priest Mr”) (before male names)
• παππαδιά (pappadiá)

 

and see πάπας m (pápas, “the pope”)

Descendants

• > Greek: παπάς (papás) (inherited)
• → Old Church Slavonic: попъ (popŭ) (see there for further descendants)
• → Gothic: 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰 (papa) (see there for further descendants)
• → Latin: pāpa (see there for further descendants)