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biskup

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See also: Biskup and bisküp

Czech

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Noun

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biskup m anim

  1. bishop (church official)

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Further reading

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  • biskup”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • biskup”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • biskup”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Icelandic

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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biskup m (genitive singular biskups, nominative plural biskupar)

  1. bishop (church official)
    Biskup Íslands.
    The bishop of Iceland.
  2. (chess) bishop

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See also

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Chess pieces in Icelandic · taflmennirnir (layout · text)
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kóngur drottning hrókur biskup riddari peð

Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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biskup m

  1. a bishop
  2. the Jewish high priest

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References

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

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish biskup. Doublet of episkop.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbis.kup/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iskup
  • Syllabification: bis‧kup
  • Homophone: Biskup

Noun

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biskup m pers (related adjective biskupi, abbreviation bp)

  1. bishop (church official)

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adjective
nouns

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • biskup in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • biskup in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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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).

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

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bȉskup m (Cyrillic spelling би̏скуп)

  1. bishop (church official)

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin episcopus (overseer), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, overseer), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, I watch over), from ἐπί (epí, over) + σκοπέω (skopéō, I examine).

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biskup m pers (female equivalent biskupka, related adjective biskupský)

  1. bishop (church official)

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