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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)
- bastard (illegitimate child)
Declension