biskup

See also: Biskup and bisküp

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪskup]

Noun

1. bishop (church official)

Derived terms

• biskupství n

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Icelandic

Alternative forms

• byskup (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Norse biskup, a borrowing from Old English biscop, itself borrowed from Latin episcopus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪskʏp/

Noun

biskup m (genitive singular biskups, nominative plural biskupar)

1. bishop (church official)

   Biskup Íslands.

   The bishop of Iceland.

2. (chess) bishop

Declension

declension of biskup

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	biskup	biskupinn	biskupar	biskuparnir
accusative	biskup	biskupinn	biskupa	biskupana
dative	biskupi	biskupinum	biskupum	biskupunum
genitive	biskups	biskupsins	biskupa	biskupanna

Derived terms

• enginn verður óbarinn biskup

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Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Borrowed from Old English biscop, itself a borrowing from Latin episcopos, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).

Noun

biskup m

1. a bishop
2. the Jewish high priest

Declension

  Declension of biskup (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	biskup	biskupinn	biskupar	biskuparnir
accusative	biskup	biskupinn	biskupa	biskupana
dative	biskupi	biskupinum	biskupum	biskupunum
genitive	biskups	biskupsins	biskupa	biskupanna

Unlike other strong masculine a-stem nouns, biskup lacks the nominative -r.

Derived terms

• biskupa (“to confirm”)
• biskupafundr m (“synod of bishops”)
• biskupamót n (“synod of bishops”)
• biskupan f (“confirmation”)
• biskupaþing n (“council of biships”)
• biskupdómr m (“episcopate, bishopric”)
• biskupliga (“episcopally”)
• biskupligr (“episcopal”)
• biskupsbúningr m (“bishop's robes”)
• biskupsbúr n (“bishop's larder”)
• biskupsdómr m (“episcopate, bishopric”)
• biskupsdóttir f (“bishop's daughter”)
• biskupsdœmi n (“bishopric”)
• biskupsefni n (“bishop-elect”)
• biskupsfrændi m (“relative of a bishop”)
• biskupsgarðr m (“bishop's manor”)
• biskupsgisting f (“bishop's apartments”)
• biskupsherbergi n pl (“bishop's apartments”)
• biskupskosning f (“election of a bishop”)
• biskupskør n (“election of a bishop”)
• biskupslauss (“without a bishop”)
• biskupsmark n (“the sign of a bishop”)
• biskupsmaðr m (“one in the service of a bishop”)
• biskupsmessa f (“a mass celebrated by a bishop”)
• biskupsmágr m (“brother-in-law of a bishop”)
• biskupsmítr n (“bishop's mitre”)
• biskupsnafn n (“title of a bishop”)
• biskupsríki n (“bishopríki, episcopal see”)
• biskupssekt f (“a fine to be paid to the bishop”)
• biskupsskattr m (“a duty to be paid to the bishop”)
• biskupsskrúði m (“bishop's robes”)
• biskupsskrúð n (“bishop's robes”)
• biskupssonr m (“son of a bishop”)
• biskupsstafr m (“bishop's staff, crosier”)
• biskupsstjórn f (“administration of a bishop”)
• biskupsstóll m (“episcopal seat, bishopric”)
• biskupssýsla f (“diocese”)
• biskupstign f (“dignity or rank of a bishop”)
• biskupstíund f (“the tithe to be paid to the bishop”)
• biskupsvatn n (“water consecrated by a bishop”)
• biskupsveldi n (“episcopal power”)
• biskupsvígsla f (“consecration of a bishop”)

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: biskup
• Faroese: biskupur
• Norwegian: biskop
• Old Swedish: biskoper, biskuper
  • Swedish: biskop
• Danish: biskop

References

• “biskup”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Polish

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic бискоупъ (biskupŭ)(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?), 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbis.kup/

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• Hyphenation: bis‧kup

Noun

biskup m pers

1. bishop (church official)

Declension

Declension of biskup

	singular	plural
nominative	biskup	biskupi
genitive	biskupa	biskupów
dative	biskupowi	biskupom
accusative	biskupa	biskupów
instrumental	biskupem	biskupami
locative	biskupie	biskupach
vocative	biskupie	biskupi

Derived terms

• arcybiskup
• bp (abbreviation)

Descendants

• → Vilamovian: bisküp

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /bîskup/
• Hyphenation: bi‧skup

Noun

bȉskup m (Cyrillic spelling би̏скуп)

1. bishop (church official)

Declension

Declension of biskup

	singular	plural
nominative	biskup	biskupi
genitive	biskupa	biskupa
dative	biskupu	biskupima
accusative	biskupa	biskupe
vocative	biskupe	biskupi
locative	biskupu	biskupima
instrumental	biskupom	biskupima

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Slovak

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiskup/

Noun

biskup m (genitive singular biskupa, nominative plural biskupi, genitive plural biskupov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. bishop (church official)

Declension

Declension of biskup

	singular	plural
nominative	biskup	biskupi
genitive	biskupa	biskupov
dative	biskupovi	biskupom
accusative	biskupa	biskupov
locative	biskupovi	biskupoch
instrumental	biskupom	biskupmi

Derived terms

• biskupský
• biskupstvo

Further reading

• “biskup”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024