wicca

See also: Wicca

Finnish

Etymology

From English Wicca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwikːɑ/, [ˈwikːɑ̝]

Noun

wicca

  1. Wicca (neo-pagan religion)
  2. Wiccan (follower of this religion)

Declension
Inflection of wicca (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative wicca wiccat
genitive wiccan wiccojen
partitive wiccaa wiccoja
illative wiccaan wiccoihin
singular plural
nominative wicca wiccat
accusative nom. wicca wiccat
gen. wiccan
genitive wiccan wiccojen
wiccainrare
partitive wiccaa wiccoja
inessive wiccassa wiccoissa
elative wiccasta wiccoista
illative wiccaan wiccoihin
adessive wiccalla wiccoilla
ablative wiccalta wiccoilta
allative wiccalle wiccoille
essive wiccana wiccoina
translative wiccaksi wiccoiksi
abessive wiccatta wiccoitta
instructive — wiccoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
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
wiccainirare
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
wiccaisirare
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
wiccaimmerare
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
wiccainnerare
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
wiccainsarare
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

Derived terms

Italian

Noun

wicca f (invariable)

  1. Wicca

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wikkô (“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(key): /ˈwit.t͡ʃɑ/

Noun

wiċċa m

  1. 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
Declension of wicca (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wiċċa wiċċan
accusative wiċċan wiċċan
genitive wiċċan wiċċena
dative wiċċan wiċċum

Derived terms

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Wicca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvik.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ikka
  • Syllabification: wic‧ca

Noun

wicca f (indeclinable)

  1. 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
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