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Albanian
Etymology
Possibly from ko- + pelë, thus initially referred to girls.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈpil/
- Rhymes: -il
- Hyphenation: ko‧píl
Noun
kopil m (plural kopilë, definite kopili, definite plural kopilët) (colloquial)
- (archaic) bastard male, illegitimate
- Synonyms: doç, dobiç
- (archaic, Southern Tosk) servant for hard manual work
- Synonym: shërbëtor
- (chiefly Gheg, informal) smartass, clever but cunning, rascal
- Synonyms: dinak, finok, shejtan
- seedling, sprout
- Synonyms: filiz, fidan
Adjective
kopil (feminine kopile)
- (archaic) illegitimate, bastard
- (colloquial) clever, sly, cunning, crafty, wily
- sprouting
Derived terms
References
- “kopil”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “kopil”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “kopil”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 208
- Ardian Vehbiu (2014 February 9) “ETIMOLOGJI TË ÇABEJT”, in Peizazhe të fjalës (in Albanian)
Czech
Pronunciation
Participle
kopil
- masculine singular past active participle of kopit