popă

See also: popa and popã

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

popă m (plural popi)

  1. (popular) 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

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