popă

See also: popa and popã

Romanian

Alternative forms

• pop

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, sometimes derogatory) priest
2. (playing cards) king

Declension

Declension of popă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) popă	popa	(niște) popi	popii
genitive/dative	(unui) popă	popii	(unor) popi	popilor
vocative	popă, popo		popilor

Synonyms

• (priest): preot
• (king in playing cards): rege, rigă, crai

Derived terms

• popesc

References

• popă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)