parafia

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Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παραφυία (paraphuía),[1][2][3] as a Lutheran term with contamination from earlier parochia, a Catholic term.[3] First attested in 1547.[4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈra.fja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -afja
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra‧fia

Noun

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parafia f

  1. (Christianity) parish (part of a diocese)
  2. (Christianity, colloquial) parish church
    Synonym: kościół parafialny
  3. (collective) parish (community attending that church; the members of the parish)
  4. parish office

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjectives
nouns

Descendants

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  • Kashubian: parafiô
  • Silesian: parafijŏ
  • Slovincian: parafjija

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “parafia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “parafia”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “parafia”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  4. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “parafija”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading

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