# попъ
## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek παπᾶς (papâs), variant of πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa”).

### Noun

попъ • (popŭ) m
* (Christianity) priest
** from the Homily against the Bogumils, 589-591:
    бо и въ лѣности живѫтъ правовѣрьнии попове, ꙗкоже то вꙑ глаголѥте осѫждаѭще ѩ, нъ божьства не хоулѧтъ ꙗкоже вꙑ.bo i vŭ lěnosti živǫtŭ pravověrĭnii popove, jakože to vy glagoljete osǫždajǫšte ję, nŭ božĭstva ne xulętŭ jakože vy.Even if orthodox priests lead idle lives, as you say when you condemn them, still they do not blaspheme the divinity as you do.
** from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1452-1456:
    како бо хотѧтъ христиꙗне сѧ нарицати, не имѣѭще крьстѧщиихъ ѩ поповъ, ни самого знамениꙗ брѣгѫще крьстнаѥго, ни еѵхии поповьскꙑихъ поѭще, ни поповъ чьстьнꙑ творѧщеkako bo xotętŭ xristijane sę naricati, ne imějǫšte krĭstęštiixŭ ję popovŭ, ni samogo znamenija brěgǫšte krĭstnajego, ni evxii popovĭskyixŭ pojǫšte, ni popovŭ čĭstĭny tvoręšteHow can they claim to call themselves Christians, when they have no priests to baptize, when they do not make the sign of the cross, they do not write down the priests’ prayers and do not honour priests?

#### Synonyms

* свѧщеникъ (svęštenikŭ)

#### Derived terms

* попьство (popĭstvo)

#### Descendants

* Bulgarian: поп (pop)
* Serbo-Croatian: поп
* Russian: поп (pop), попъ (pop) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
** → Kildin Sami: поа̄һп (pååhp)
** → Komi-Zyrian: поп (pop)
* Finnic:
** → Estonian: papp
** → Finnish: pappi
** → Ingrian: pappi
* → Skolt Sami: papp
* Non-Slavic:
** → Romanian: popă (possibly)

## Old Ruthenian
### Alternative forms

* пупъ (pup) — Middle Ukrainian
* попь (popʹ), попа (popa), попо (popo), попоу (popu) — alternative spelling

### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic попъ (popŭ). Cognate with Russian поп (pop).

### Noun

попъ • (pop) m pers (related adjective поповский or поповъ)
* (Christianity) priest

#### Derived terms

* попи́нъ (popín)
* попо́вичъ (popóvič, “son of a priest”)
* попо́вна (popóvna, “daughter of a priest”)
* попо́вство (popóvstvo)

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: поп (pop)
* Carpathian Rusyn: пуп (pup)
* Ukrainian: піп (pip); пуп (pup) (dialectal)

### References

* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “піп¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 410
* ↑ Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2004), “поп₁”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 9 (пе-пе-пе – прасна́к), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 279

### Further reading

* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “попа”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 194
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “попоу”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 196
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “попъ, попь, попо, пупъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 19
* Bulyka, A. M., editor (2006), “попъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 26 (позней – поробтати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 419