iskof

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

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 ܐܦܣܩܘܦܐ (ʾeppisqoppā)bor.

Arabic أُسْقُف (ʔusquf)

Cypriot Arabic iskof

Inherited from Arabic أُسْقُف (ʔusquf).

Noun

iskof m (plural skafe)

1. (Christianity) bishop

   l-iskof l-ijtít o sapi ― the new bishop is young-looking

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 141