popadia

See also: Popadia, popadią, and Popadią

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian попадья (popadʹja), from Old East Slavic пападïꙗ (papadïja), ultimately from Greek παπαδιά (papadiá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔˈpa.dja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -adja
  • Syllabification: po‧pa‧dia
  • Homophone: Popadia

Noun

popadia f

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) priestess, orthodox priest's wife

Declension

Further reading

  • popadia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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