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Russian
Etymology
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).
Pronunciation
Noun
би́скуп • (bískup) m anim (genitive би́скупа, nominative plural би́скупы, genitive plural би́скупов)
- (dated) Catholic bishop
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бискуп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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: би‧скуп
Noun
би̏скуп m (Latin spelling bȉskup)
- bishop (church official)
Declension