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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kopьcь.
Pronunciation
Noun
kopiec m inan (diminutive kopczyk)
- tumulus, barrow (mound of earth over a grave)
- mound (artificial elevation of earth)
- hill, hillock (elevated location)
- (computing) heap
- (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