kopile

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)

1. bastard (illegitimate child)

Declension

Declension of kopile

	singular	plural
nominative	kopile	kopilad
genitive	kopileta	kopiladi
dative	kopiletu	kopiladi
accusative	kopile	kopilad
vocative	kopile	kopiladi
locative	kopiletu	kopiladi
instrumental	kopiletom	kopilađu / kopiladi