Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Polish chłopiec, also analysed as хлоп (xlop) +‎ -ець (-ecʹ). Cognate with Czech chlapec, čakavian Serbo-Croatian hlapac, Slovak chlapec, and Russian хло́пец (xlópec).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈxɫɔpet͡sʲ]
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Noun edit

хло́пець (xlópecʹm pers (genitive хло́пця, nominative plural хло́пці, genitive plural хло́пців)

  1. boy, lad

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