epscop

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈebskob/

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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
epscop (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-epscop
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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