бискоупъ

Old Church Slavonic

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

  • Hyphenation: бис‧коу‧пъ

Noun

бискоупъ • (biskupŭ) m

  1. bishop

Descendants

  • → Czech: biskup
  • → Polish: biskup, wiskup (Kuyavia)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: би̏скуп
    Latin script: bȉskup
  • → Slovak: biskup
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