popadia

See also: Popadia, popadią, and Popadią

Polish

Alternative forms
  • popadzia (rare)

Etymology

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

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

Noun

popadia f

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

Declension
Declension of popadia
singular plural
nominative popadia popadie
genitive popadii popadii/popadyj (archaic)
dative popadii popadiom
accusative popadię popadie
instrumental popadią popadiami
locative popadii popadiach
vocative popadio popadie

Derived terms
noun
  • popadianka
noun
  • popadziuk

Further reading
  • popadia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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