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Polish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /paˈra.fja/
- Rhymes: -afja
- Syllabification: pa‧ra‧fia
Noun
parafia f
- (Christianity) parish (part of a diocese)
- (Christianity, colloquial) parish church
- Synonym: kościół parafialny
- (collective) parish (community attending that church; the members of the parish)
- parish office
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “parafia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “parafia”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “parafia”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ 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
- parafia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- parafia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Paweł Kupiszewski (28.01.2020) “PARAFIA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “parafia”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “parafia”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “parafja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 53
- parafia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego