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kopil

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See also: kopił

Albanian

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Etymology

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Possibly from ko- +‎ pelë, thus initially referred to girls.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈpil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Hyphenation: ko‧píl

Noun

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kopil m (plural kopilë, definite kopili, definite plural kopilët) (colloquial)

  1. (archaic) bastard male, illegitimate
    Synonyms: doç, dobiç
  2. (archaic, Southern Tosk) servant for hard manual work
    Synonym: shërbëtor
  3. (chiefly Gheg, informal) smartass, clever but cunning, rascal
    Synonyms: dinak, finok, shejtan
  4. seedling, sprout
    Synonyms: filiz, fidan

Adjective

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kopil (feminine kopile)

  1. (archaic) illegitimate, bastard
  2. (colloquial) clever, sly, cunning, crafty, wily
  3. sprouting

Derived terms

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References

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  • “kopil”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (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[2] (in Albanian)

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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kopil

  1. masculine singular past active participle of kopit