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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	popă	popa		popi	popii
genitive-dative	popă	popii		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)