أسقف

See also: اشفق‎ and أشفق‎

Arabic

أُسْقُف

Etymology

Borrowed from Coptic ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ (episkopos), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔus.quf/

Noun

أُسْقُف • (ʾusquf) m (plural أَسَاقِفَة‎ (ʾasāqifa) or أَسَاقِف‎ (ʾasāqif))

(Christianity) bishop

Declension

Declension of noun أُسْقُف (ʾusquf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُسْقُف ʾusquf	الْأُسْقُف‎ al-ʾusquf	أُسْقُف ʾusquf
Nominative	أُسْقُفٌ ʾusqufun	الْأُسْقُفُ‎ al-ʾusqufu	أُسْقُفُ ʾusqufu
Accusative	أُسْقُفًا‎ ʾusqufan	الْأُسْقُفَ‎ al-ʾusqufa	أُسْقُفَ ʾusqufa
Genitive	أُسْقُفٍ ʾusqufin	الْأُسْقُفِ‎ al-ʾusqufi	أُسْقُفِ ʾusqufi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُسْقُفَيْن‎ ʾusqufayn	الْأُسْقُفَيْن‎ al-ʾusqufayn	أُسْقُفَيْ‎ ʾusqufay
Nominative	أُسْقُفَانِ‎ ʾusqufāni	الْأُسْقُفَانِ‎ al-ʾusqufāni	أُسْقُفَا‎ ʾusqufā
Accusative	أُسْقُفَيْنِ‎ ʾusqufayni	الْأُسْقُفَيْنِ‎ al-ʾusqufayni	أُسْقُفَيْ‎ ʾusqufay
Genitive	أُسْقُفَيْنِ‎ ʾusqufayni	الْأُسْقُفَيْنِ‎ al-ʾusqufayni	أُسْقُفَيْ‎ ʾusqufay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسَاقِفَة‎‎; أَسَاقِف‎ ʾasāqifa‎; ʾasāqif	الْأَسَاقِفَة‎‎; الْأَسَاقِف‎ al-ʾasāqifa‎; al-ʾasāqif	أَسَاقِفَة‎‎; أَسَاقِف‎ ʾasāqifat‎; ʾasāqif
Nominative	أَسَاقِفَةٌ‎‎; أَسَاقِفُ‎ ʾasāqifatun‎; ʾasāqifu	الْأَسَاقِفَةُ‎‎; الْأَسَاقِفُ‎ al-ʾasāqifatu‎; al-ʾasāqifu	أَسَاقِفَةُ‎‎; أَسَاقِفُ‎ ʾasāqifatu‎; ʾasāqifu
Accusative	أَسَاقِفَةً‎‎; أَسَاقِفَ‎ ʾasāqifatan‎; ʾasāqifa	الْأَسَاقِفَةَ‎‎; الْأَسَاقِفَ‎ al-ʾasāqifata‎; al-ʾasāqifa	أَسَاقِفَةَ‎‎; أَسَاقِفَ‎ ʾasāqifata‎; ʾasāqifa
Genitive	أَسَاقِفَةٍ‎‎; أَسَاقِفَ‎ ʾasāqifatin‎; ʾasāqifa	الْأَسَاقِفَةِ‎‎; الْأَسَاقِفِ‎ al-ʾasāqifati‎; al-ʾasāqifi	أَسَاقِفَةِ‎‎; أَسَاقِفِ‎ ʾasāqifati‎; ʾasāqifi

Descendants

→ Malay: uskup
- → Indonesian: uskup
→ Maltese: isqof
→ Persian: اسقف‎‎ (osqof)
- → Urdu: اسقف‎, अस्क़फ़ (asqaf)
→ Swahili: askofu

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 275

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