copil
Romanian
Alternative forms
- копил (copil) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Formerly ‘bastard’, probably from Proto-Slavic *kopylъ (“shoot, sprout; bastard”) (compare Ukrainian копил (kopyl) or копиля (kopylja), Serbo-Croatian копиле (kȍpile), Bulgarian ко́пеле (kópele)), from *kopàti (“to dig, cultivate”). Also borrowed into Albanian kopil, Byzantine Greek κόπελος (kópelos). Alternatively an old ultimately paleo-Balkan substrate word. Compare Aromanian cochil, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), cupilaș (“child”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈpil/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -il
- Hyphenation: co‧pil
Audio (file)
Declension
Declension of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | copilul | (niște) copii | copiii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | copilului | (unor) copii | copiilor |
| vocative | copilule | copiilor | ||
References
- copil in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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