Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Slavic *kopylъ (shoot, sprout; bastard), from *kopàti (to dig, cultivate); compare Ukrainian копил (kopyl) or копиля (kopylja), Bulgarian ко́пеле (kópele). Alternatively ultimately an old paleo-Balkan substrate word; compare Romanian copil, Aromanian cochil, Albanian kopil, Byzantine Greek κόπελος (kópelos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kôpile/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧pi‧le

Noun

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kȍpile n (Cyrillic spelling ко̏пиле)

  1. bastard (illegitimate child)

Declension

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