kopiec

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kopьcь.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

kopiec m inan (diminutive kopczyk)

  1. tumulus, barrow (mound of earth over a grave)
  2. mound (artificial elevation of earth)
  3. hill, hillock (elevated location)
  4. (computing) heap
  5. (Central Greater Poland, Far Masovian) potato heap (place to store potatoes for the winter)

Declension

Further reading

  • kopiec in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kopiec in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “koṕec”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 111
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “kopiec”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19