epscop

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeβ.skub/
  • (Blasse) [ˈeβ.skub]
  • (Griffith) [ˈeβ.skøb]

Noun

epscop m (genitive epscoip or epscuip, nominative plural epscoip or epscuip)

1. (Christianity) bishop
2. episcopus, overseer

Declension

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	epscop	epscopL	epscoipL, epscuip
vocative	epscoip, epscuip	epscopL	epscopuH
accusative	epscopN	epscopL	epscopuH
genitive	epscoipL, epscuip	epscop	epscopN
dative	epscopL	epscopaib	epscopaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: escop, espoc
  • Irish: easpag
  • Manx: aspick
  • Scottish Gaelic: easbaig

Mutation

Mutation of epscop

radical	lenition	nasalization
epscop (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	epscop	n-epscop

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 epscop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language