diakonisa

See also: diakonisą

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconissa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja.kɔˈɲi.sa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: dia‧ko‧ni‧sa

Noun

diakonisa f (male equivalent diakon)

1. (Protestantism) deaconess (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)
2. (Early Christianity) deaconess (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Declension

Declension of diakonisa

	singular	plural
nominative	diakonisa	diakonisy
genitive	diakonisy	diakonis
dative	diakonisie	diakonisom
accusative	diakonisę	diakonisy
instrumental	diakonisą	diakonisami
locative	diakonisie	diakonisach
vocative	diakoniso	diakonisy

Related terms

adjectives

• diakonacki
• diakonijny
• diakoński

 

nouns

• archidiakon
• archidiakonat
• archidiakonia
• diakonat
• diakonia
• diakonikon

 

Further reading

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