"pappi" meaning in Proto-Finnic

See pappi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Early Old East Slavic попъ (popŭ, “priest”), ultimately from Ancient Greek παπᾶς (papâs). Etymology templates: {{bor|urj-fin-pro|orv|попъ|t=priest}} Old East Slavic попъ (popŭ, “priest”), {{der|urj-fin-pro|grc|παπᾶς}} Ancient Greek παπᾶς (papâs) Inflection templates: {{urj-fin-decl|pappi}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], pappi [nominative, singular], pap'it [nominative, plural], pap'in [accusative, singular], pap'it [accusative, plural], pap'in [genitive, singular], pappidën [genitive, plural], pappëjidën [genitive, plural], pappida [partitive, singular], pappëjita [partitive, plural], pap'issa [inessive, singular], pap'ihna [inessive, singular], pappëjissa [inessive, plural], pappëjihna [inessive, plural], pap'ista [elative, singular], pappëjista [elative, plural], pappihën [illative, singular], pappëjisën [illative, plural], pap'illa [adessive, singular], pappëjilla [adessive, plural], pap'ilta [ablative, singular], pappëjilta [ablative, plural], pappilën [allative, singular], pappilëk [allative, singular], pappëjilën [allative, plural], pappëjilëk [allative, plural], pappina [essive, singular], pappëjina [essive, plural], pap'iksi [singular, translative], pappëjiksi [plural, translative], pap'in [instructive, singular], pappëjin [instructive, plural], pappinëk [comitative, singular], pappëjinëk [comitative, plural], pap'itta [abessive, singular], pappëjitta [abessive, plural]
  1. priest Tags: reconstruction
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "word": "papp"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "lang_code": "se",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "báhppa"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Inari Sami",
          "lang_code": "smn",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pappâ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Skolt Sami",
          "lang_code": "sms",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "papp"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "pappi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "lang_code": "izh",
      "word": "pappi"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "North Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl",
          "word": "pappi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "South Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl",
          "word": "pappi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Karelian",
      "lang_code": "krl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "lang_code": "liv",
      "word": "päp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Livvi",
      "lang_code": "olo",
      "word": "pappi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ludian",
      "lang_code": "lud",
      "word": "papp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Veps",
      "lang_code": "vep",
      "word": "papʹ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Võro",
      "lang_code": "vro",
      "word": "papp'"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Votic",
      "lang_code": "vot",
      "word": "pappi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "orv",
        "3": "попъ",
        "t": "priest"
      },
      "expansion": "Old East Slavic попъ (popŭ, “priest”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "παπᾶς"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek παπᾶς (papâs)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Early Old East Slavic попъ (popŭ, “priest”), ultimately from Ancient Greek παπᾶς (papâs).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'it",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'in",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'it",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'in",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappida",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'issa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'ihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'ista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappihën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjisën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'illa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'ilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'iksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'in",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'itta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pappi"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pappi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/i",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "priest"
      ],
      "id": "en-pappi-urj-fin-pro-noun-D8SBa7Mi",
      "links": [
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pappi"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "word": "papp"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "lang_code": "se",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "báhppa"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Inari Sami",
          "lang_code": "smn",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pappâ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Skolt Sami",
          "lang_code": "sms",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "papp"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "pappi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "lang_code": "izh",
      "word": "pappi"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "North Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl",
          "word": "pappi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "South Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl",
          "word": "pappi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Karelian",
      "lang_code": "krl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "lang_code": "liv",
      "word": "päp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Livvi",
      "lang_code": "olo",
      "word": "pappi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ludian",
      "lang_code": "lud",
      "word": "papp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Veps",
      "lang_code": "vep",
      "word": "papʹ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Võro",
      "lang_code": "vro",
      "word": "papp'"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Votic",
      "lang_code": "vot",
      "word": "pappi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "orv",
        "3": "попъ",
        "t": "priest"
      },
      "expansion": "Old East Slavic попъ (popŭ, “priest”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "παπᾶς"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek παπᾶς (papâs)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Early Old East Slavic попъ (popŭ, “priest”), ultimately from Ancient Greek παπᾶς (papâs).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'it",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'in",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'it",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'in",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappida",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'issa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'ihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'ista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappihën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjisën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'illa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'ilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'iksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'in",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pap'itta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pappëjitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pappi"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pappi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Finnic lemmas",
        "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/i",
        "Proto-Finnic nouns",
        "Proto-Finnic terms borrowed from Old East Slavic",
        "Proto-Finnic terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Proto-Finnic terms derived from Old East Slavic",
        "urj-fin-pro:Christianity",
        "urj-fin-pro:Occupations",
        "urj-fin-pro:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "priest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pappi"
}

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