peshkop

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *pescopus from Latin episcopus.[1]

Noun

peshkop m (plural peshkopë, definite peshkopi, definite plural peshkopët)

  1. bishop
  2. (colloquial) bookworm

Declension

Declension of peshkop
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative peshkop peshkopi peshkopë peshkopët
accusative peshkopin
dative peshkopi peshkopit peshkopëve peshkopëve
ablative peshkopësh

Synonyms

  • dhespot

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 27

Further reading

  • “peshkop”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “peshkop”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3]
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