παπαδιά

Greek

Etymology

From παπάς (papás) +‎ -ιά (-iá).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /papaˈðʝa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: πα‧πα‧διά

Noun

παπαδιά • (papadiá) f (plural παπαδιές)

  1. (religion) The wife of a priest.
  2. (figuratively, humorous) A very shy and prudish woman.

Declension
declension of παπαδιά
case     \     number singular plural
nominative παπαδιά • παπαδιές •
genitive παπαδιάς • παπαδιών •
accusative παπαδιά • παπαδιές •
vocative παπαδιά • παπαδιές •

Descendants
  • → Bulgarian: попади́я (popadíja)
  • → Macedonian: попадија (popadija)
  • → Old East Slavic: пападïꙗ (papadïja)
    • → Belarusian: пападздзя́ (papadzdzjá), пападзьдзя́ (papadzʹdzjá)
    • → Russian: попадья́ (popadʹjá)
    • → Ukrainian: попадя́ (popadjá)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: پاپادیا (papatya), پاپادیه (papadya); փափատեա (papadya)
  • → Romanian: păpădie (“dandelion”)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: попа̀дија
    Latin script: popàdija
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.