πάππας

See also: παππάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From child speech.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πᾰ́ππᾱς • (pắppās) m (genitive πᾰ́ππου); first declension

  1. papa; daddy

Usage notes

  • Found chiefly in the vocative.

Declension

First declension of ὁ πᾰ́ππᾱς; τοῦ πᾰ́ππου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ πᾰ́ππᾱς
ho pắppās
Genitive τοῦ πᾰ́ππου
toû pắppou
Dative τῷ πᾰ́ππᾳ
tōî pắppāi
Accusative τὸν πᾰ́ππᾱν
tòn pắppān
Vocative πᾰ́ππᾱ
pắppā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • πᾰππᾰ́ζω (păppắzō)
  • πᾰππᾰσμός (păppăsmós)
  • πᾰππῐ́ᾱς (păppĭ́ās)
  • πᾰππῐ́δῐον (păppĭ́dĭon)
  • πᾰππῐ́ζω (păppĭ́zō)

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: παπᾶς (papâs, “title for priests and bishops”)
    • Ecclesiastical Latin: pāpa (“pope”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Church Slavonic: попъ (popŭ, “priest”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πάππᾰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1150

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