бискуп

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested 14th century. Compare Czech biskup, Polish biskup, Serbo-Croatian би̏скуп, Ukrainian бі́скуп (bískup). According to Vasmer, borrowed from Old High German biscof or Middle High German bischof, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos); Vasmer insists the initial /bi/ is of Old High German origin. Doublet of епи́скоп (jepískop).

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Noun[edit]

би́скуп (bískupm anim (genitive би́скупа, nominative plural би́скупы, genitive plural би́скупов)

  1. (dated) Catholic bishop

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References[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бискуп”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Church Slavonic бискоупъ (biskupŭ), from Latin episcopus (overseer), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, overseer), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, I watch over), from ἐπί (epí, over) + σκοπέω (skopéō, I examine).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bîskup/
  • Hyphenation: би‧скуп

Noun[edit]

би̏скуп m (Latin spelling bȉskup)

  1. bishop (church official)

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