Скопје
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Macedonian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Σκοῦποι (Skoûpoi); compare Latin Scūpī, Albanian Shkup, Ottoman Turkish اوسكوب (Üsküb) and Serbo-Croatian Skȍplje.
The name may have been subjected to phono-semantic matching when the Slavs settled in the area, with the Proto-Slavic elements *sъ + *kopьje + *-ьje, as seen in cognates Serbo-Croatian Skȍplje, Bulgarian Скопие (Skopie), Old Church Slavonic Съкопиѥ (Sŭkopije).
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ско́пје • (Skópje) n (relational adjective ско́пски)
- Skopje (the capital city of North Macedonia)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | Скопје (Skopje) |
| definite unspecified | Скопјето (Skopjeto) |
| definite proximal | Скопјево (Skopjevo) |
| definite distal | Скопјено (Skopjeno) |
| vocative | Скопје (Skopje) |
Derived terms
- ско́пјанец m (skópjanec), ско́пјанка f (skópjanka)
References
- “Скопје” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu