бискуп

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).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiskʊp]

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

1. (dated) Catholic bishop

• арциби́скуп (arcibískup)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бискуп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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”).

• IPA^(key): /bîskup/
• Hyphenation: би‧скуп

би̏скуп m (Latin spelling bȉskup)

1. bishop (church official)