бискуп

See also: біскуп

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiskʊp]

Noun

би́скуп • (bískup) m anim (genitive би́скупа, nominative plural би́скупы, genitive plural би́скупов)

1. (dated) Catholic bishop

Declension

Declension of би́скуп (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	би́скуп bískup	би́скупы bískupy
genitive	би́скупа bískupa	би́скупов bískupov
dative	би́скупу bískupu	би́скупам bískupam
accusative	би́скупа bískupa	би́скупов bískupov
instrumental	би́скупом bískupom	би́скупами bískupami
prepositional	би́скупе bískupe	би́скупах bískupax

Related terms

• арциби́скуп (arcibískup)

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)

1. bishop (church official)

Declension

Declension of бискуп

	singular	plural
nominative	бискуп	бискупи
genitive	бискупа	бискупа
dative	бискупу	бискупима
accusative	бискупа	бискупе
vocative	бискупе	бискупи
locative	бискупу	бискупима
instrumental	бискупом	бискупима