patriarcha

Latin

Alternative forms

• patriarchēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈar.kʰa/, [pät̪riˈärkʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈar.ka/, [pät̪riˈärkä]

Noun

patriarcha m (genitive patriarchae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) patriarch (all senses)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	patriarcha	patriarchae
genitive	patriarchae	patriarchūm patriarchārum
dative	patriarchae	patriarchīs
accusative	patriarcham	patriarchās
ablative	patriarchā	patriarchīs
vocative	patriarcha	patriarchae

Derived terms

• patriarchālis
• patriarchātus
• patriarchor

Related terms

• patriarchicon
• patriarchicus
• patriarchia
• patriarchissa
• patriarchium

Descendants

• French: patriarche
• Italian: patriarca
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: patriarcha
  • Galician: patriarca
  • Portuguese: patriarca
• → Dutch: patriarch
• → Middle English: patriark, patriarche
  • English: patriarch
• → German: Patriarch
• → Polish: patriarcha
• → Spanish: Patriarca

References

• “pătrĭarcha and pătrĭarches”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PATRIARCHÆ in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• (-ēs) pătrĭarcha (-ēs) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,125/3.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “patriarcha”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 773–774
• patriarcha in Ramminger, Johann (2003 February 27 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtrjar.xa/

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• Rhymes: -arxa
• Syllabification: pa‧triar‧cha

Noun

patriarcha m pers

1. patriarch

Declension

Declension of patriarcha

	singular	plural
nominative	patriarcha	patriarchowie
genitive	patriarchy	patriarchów
dative	patriarsze	patriarchom
accusative	patriarchę	patriarchów
instrumental	patriarchą	patriarchami
locative	patriarsze	patriarchach
vocative	patriarcho	patriarchowie

Related terms

• patriarchat

 

Further reading

• patriarcha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• patriarcha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

patriarcha m (plural patriarchas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of patriarca.