ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
Proto-Hellenic *epí
Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí)
Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-)
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai
Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)
Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)
Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos)bor.
Classical Syriac ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ʔɛppisqoppɑ], [ʔappisqoppɑ] (singular)
    • IPA(key): [ʔɛppisqoppe], [ʔappisqoppe] (plural)

    Noun

    ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ • (ʾeppīsqōppā) m (plural ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ (ʾeppīsqōppē))

    1. overseer, prefect
    2. elder
    3. (Christianity) bishop

    Inflection

    Inflection of ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ
    isolated forms with possessive pronouns
    state form person singular plural
    m f m f
    singular absolute ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦ 1st person ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܢ
    construct ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦ 2nd person ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܟ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܟܝ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܟܘܢ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܟܝܢ
    emphatic ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ 3rd person ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܗ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܗ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܗܘܢ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܗܝܢ
    plural absolute ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝܢ 1st person ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝܢ
    construct ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝ 2nd person ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝܟ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝܟܝ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝܟܘܢ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝܟܝܢ
    emphatic ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ 3rd person ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܘܗܝ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝܗ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝܗܘܢ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝܗܝܢ

    Derived terms

    • ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܘܬܐ (ʾeppīsqōppūṯā)
    • ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܝܘܢ (ʾeppīsqōppīyōn)

    Descendants

    • Arabic: أُسْقُف (ʔusquf)
      • Cypriot Arabic: iskof
      • Maltese: isqof
      • → Malay: uskup
      • → Classical Persian: اُسْقُف (usquf)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: اسقف
        • Turkish: üskuf
      • → Swahili: askofu

    References

    • “ˀpysqwpˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
    • Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 17b
    • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 26b
    • Sokoloff, Michael (2009), A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 86b
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