episkop

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /eˈpiskop/ [eˈpis.kɔp̚]
• Rhymes: -iskop
• Syllabification: e‧pis‧kop

Noun

episkop (plural episkop-episkop or para episkop)

1. (Christianity, Eastern Christianity) bishop [since 2025]

   Synonyms: biskop, uskup, wali gereja

Further reading

• “episkop”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈpis.kɔp/

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• Rhymes: -iskɔp
• Syllabification: e‧pis‧kop

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos)bor.

Latin episcopuslbor.

Polish episkop

Learned borrowing from Latin episcopus. Doublet of biskup.

Noun

episkop m pers

1. (dated, Eastern Christianity) bishop

Declension

Declension of episkop

	singular	plural
nominative	episkop	episkopi/episkopy (deprecative)
genitive	episkopa	episkopów
dative	episkopowi	episkopom
accusative	episkopa	episkopów
instrumental	episkopem	episkopami
locative	episkopie	episkopach
vocative	episkopie	episkopi

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí)

Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der.

Polish epi-

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai

Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Hellenic *-ós

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Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.

Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)

Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der.

Polish -skop

Polish episkop

From epi- + -skop.

Noun

episkop m inan (related adjective episkopowy)

1. episcope (form of projector that projects images of opaque objects)

Declension

Declension of episkop

	singular	plural
nominative	episkop	episkopy
genitive	episkopu	episkopów
dative	episkopowi	episkopom
accusative	episkop	episkopy
instrumental	episkopem	episkopami
locative	episkopie	episkopach
vocative	episkopie	episkopy

Further reading

• “episkop”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “episkop”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer, supervisor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ěpiskop/
• Hyphenation: e‧pi‧skop

Noun

èpiskop m anim (Cyrillic spelling ѐпископ)

1. bishop

Declension

Declension of episkop

	singular	plural
nominative	episkop	episkopi
genitive	episkopa	episkopa
dative	episkopu	episkopima
accusative	episkopa	episkope
vocative	episkope	episkopi
locative	episkopu	episkopima
instrumental	episkopom	episkopima

Etymology 2

From epi- +‎ skop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ěpiskop/
• Hyphenation: e‧pi‧skop

Noun

èpiskop m inan (Cyrillic spelling ѐпископ)

1. episcope

Declension

Declension of episkop

	singular	plural
nominative	èpiskop	episkòpovi
genitive	episkópa	episkopova
dative	episkopu	episkopovima
accusative	episkop	episkopove
vocative	episkope	episkopovi
locative	episkopu	episkopovima
instrumental	episkopom	episkopovima