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Bulgarian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *kopьje (“stabber”), originally a substantivation of a deverbal adjective from копа́я (kopája, “to dig”) + -ие (-ie).
Pronunciation
Noun
ко́пие • (kópie) n
- spear, javelin, lance
- Synonym: сулица (sulica)
Declension
References
- “копие¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “копие¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Etymology 2
Back-formation from an earlier ко́пия (kópija) (interpreted as plural), a borrowing from Italian copia (“copy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ко́пие • (kópie) n
- copy, duplicate
- counterpart
- (by extension) imitation, counterfeit
Declension
References
- “копие²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “копие²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Old East Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kopьje (“spear”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔpɪˈjɛ/, /kɔpiˈjɛ/→/kɔpʲɪˈjɛ/, /kɔpʲiˈjɛ/→/kɔːpʲˈjɛ/, /kɔpʲiˈjɛ/
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kɔpɪˈjɛ/, /kɔpiˈjɛ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kɔpʲɪˈjɛ/, /kɔpʲiˈjɛ/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /kɔːpʲˈjɛ/, /kɔpʲiˈjɛ/
Noun
копие (kopije) n
- spear, javelin
Declension
Declension of копие (soft o-stem)
Descendants
- Russian: копьё n (kopʹjó)