# wicca
## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Wicca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwikːɑ/, [ˈwikːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ikːɑ

### Noun

wicca
* Wicca (neo-pagan religion)
* Wiccan (follower of this religion)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of wicca (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wiccani
wiccani
accusative
nom.
wiccani
wiccani
gen.
wiccani
genitive
wiccani
wiccojeni wiccaini $^{rare}$
partitive
wiccaani
wiccojani
inessive
wiccassani
wiccoissani
elative
wiccastani
wiccoistani
illative
wiccaani
wiccoihini
adessive
wiccallani
wiccoillani
ablative
wiccaltani
wiccoiltani
allative
wiccalleni
wiccoilleni
essive
wiccanani
wiccoinani
translative
wiccakseni
wiccoikseni
abessive
wiccattani
wiccoittani
instructive
comitative
—wiccoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wiccasi
wiccasi
accusative
nom.
wiccasi
wiccasi
gen.
wiccasi
genitive
wiccasi
wiccojesi wiccaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
wiccaasi
wiccojasi
inessive
wiccassasi
wiccoissasi
elative
wiccastasi
wiccoistasi
illative
wiccaasi
wiccoihisi
adessive
wiccallasi
wiccoillasi
ablative
wiccaltasi
wiccoiltasi
allative
wiccallesi
wiccoillesi
essive
wiccanasi
wiccoinasi
translative
wiccaksesi
wiccoiksesi
abessive
wiccattasi
wiccoittasi
instructive
comitative
—wiccoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wiccamme
wiccamme
accusative
nom.
wiccamme
wiccamme
gen.
wiccamme
genitive
wiccamme
wiccojemme wiccaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
wiccaamme
wiccojamme
inessive
wiccassamme
wiccoissamme
elative
wiccastamme
wiccoistamme
illative
wiccaamme
wiccoihimme
adessive
wiccallamme
wiccoillamme
ablative
wiccaltamme
wiccoiltamme
allative
wiccallemme
wiccoillemme
essive
wiccanamme
wiccoinamme
translative
wiccaksemme
wiccoiksemme
abessive
wiccattamme
wiccoittamme
instructive
comitative
—wiccoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wiccanne
wiccanne
accusative
nom.
wiccanne
wiccanne
gen.
wiccanne
genitive
wiccanne
wiccojenne wiccainne $^{rare}$
partitive
wiccaanne
wiccojanne
inessive
wiccassanne
wiccoissanne
elative
wiccastanne
wiccoistanne
illative
wiccaanne
wiccoihinne
adessive
wiccallanne
wiccoillanne
ablative
wiccaltanne
wiccoiltanne
allative
wiccallenne
wiccoillenne
essive
wiccananne
wiccoinanne
translative
wiccaksenne
wiccoiksenne
abessive
wiccattanne
wiccoittanne
instructive
comitative
—wiccoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wiccansa
wiccansa
accusative
nom.
wiccansa
wiccansa
gen.
wiccansa
genitive
wiccansa
wiccojensa wiccainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
wiccaansa
wiccojaan wiccojansa
inessive
wiccassaan wiccassansa
wiccoissaan wiccoissansa
elative
wiccastaan wiccastansa
wiccoistaan wiccoistansa
illative
wiccaansa
wiccoihinsa
adessive
wiccallaan wiccallansa
wiccoillaan wiccoillansa
ablative
wiccaltaan wiccaltansa
wiccoiltaan wiccoiltansa
allative
wiccalleen wiccallensa
wiccoilleen wiccoillensa
essive
wiccanaan wiccanansa
wiccoinaan wiccoinansa
translative
wiccakseen wiccaksensa
wiccoikseen wiccoiksensa
abessive
wiccattaan wiccattansa
wiccoittaan wiccoittansa
instructive
comitative
—wiccoineen wiccoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (religion): wicca-uskonto, wiccalaisuus
* (follower): wiccalainen

#### Derived terms

* wiccalainen
* wicca-liike

## Italian
### Noun

wicca f (invariable)
* Wicca

#### Related terms

* wiccano

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wikkō (“necromancer, sorcerer”).
Further etymology uncertain; apparently from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“separate, divide”), conjectured to be because of early Germanic divinatory practices to do with casting lots (cleromancy).
The exact etymology is problematic. R. Lühr (Expressivität und Lautgesetz im Germanischen, Heidelberg (1988), p. 354) connects wigol "prophetic, mantic", wīglian "to practice divination" (Middle Low German wichelen (“bewitch”) and suggests Proto-Germanic *wigōn, via Kluge's law becoming *wikkōn. The basic form would then be the feminine, wicce /ˈwɪt͡ʃe/, from *wikkæ, from *wikkōn with palatalization due to the preceding i and the following *æ, from *ōn. The palatal -cc- /t͡ʃ/ in wicca would then be analogous to the feminine.
An alternative possibility is to derive the palatal /t͡ʃ/ directly from the verb wiccian, from *wikkija (OED, s.v. witch). Lühr conversely favours derivation of this verb from the noun.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwit.t͡ʃɑ/

### Noun

wiċċa m
* wizard, sorcerer, magician, druid, necromancer
** c. 890, Ælfred, Domboc, Prologue
    Ða fæmnan þe gewuniað onfon gealdorcræftigan ⁊ scinlæcan ⁊ wiccan, ne læt þu ða libban.Women who are accustomed to receiving enchanters and sorceresses and witches, do not let them live.

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Derived terms

* wiċċe f

#### Descendants

* Middle English: wicche, wikke, wikked
** English: witch, → Wicca, wicked
** Scots: wich, wicked, wicket

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Wicca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvik.ka/
* Rhymes: -ikka
* Syllabification: wic‧ca

### Noun

wicca f (indeclinable)
* Wicca (neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals)

### Further reading

* wicca in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* wicca in PWN's encyclopedia