kopile

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Noun

kȍpile n (Cyrillic spelling ко̏пиле)

  1. bastard (illegitimate child)

Declension
Declension of kopile
singular plural
nominative kopile kopilad
genitive kopileta kopiladi
dative kopiletu kopiladi
accusative kopile kopilad
vocative kopile kopiladi
locative kopiletu kopiladi
instrumental kopiletom kopilađu / kopiladi
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