bispa

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish piispa.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpisːpa/

Noun

bispa

1. bishop

Inflection

Even a-stem, sp-spp gradation
Nominative	bispa
Genitive	bisppa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bispa	bisppat
Accusative	bisppa	bisppaid
Genitive	bisppa	bisppaid
Illative	bispii	bisppaide
Locative	bisppas	bisppain
Comitative	bisppain	bisppaiguin
Essive	bispan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bispan bispame bispamet 2nd person bispat bispade bispadet 3rd person bispas bispaska bispaset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbis.pɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbis.pɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.pɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbis.pa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.pɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ispɐ, (Portugal) -iʃpɐ

Noun

bispa f (plural bispas)

1. female equivalent of bispo

   Synonym: episcopisa

Further reading

• “bispa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “bispa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025