papieżnica

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See also: papieżnicą

Polish

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Etymology

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From papież +‎ -nica. First attested in 1571, but in common usage only as of 1814.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pa.pjɛʐˈɲi.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa
  • Syllabification: pa‧pież‧ni‧ca

Noun

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papieżnica f

  1. (obsolete, rare, Roman Catholicism) female equivalent of papież (papess, popess) (hypothetical female pope)
    Synonym: papieżyca
  2. (Middle Polish, hapax) female equivalent of papieżnik (papist; Catholic)
    Synonym: papistka

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “papieżnica”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  2. ^ Feliks Bentkowski (1814) Historya literatury polskiey wystawiona w spisie dzieł drukiem ogłoszonych (in Polish), volume 2, page 785

Further reading

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