копеле
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic копелъ (kopelŭ, “illegitimate child, boy”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian ко̏пиле (“bastard”), Romanian copil (“boy”), and Albanian kopil(e) and kopilj (“youngster”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɔpɛlɛ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
ко́пеле • (kópele) n
- illegitimate child (child born outside of marriage)
- (slang, somewhat pejorative) bastard, brat
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ко́пеле kópele |
ко́пелета kópeleta |
| definite | ко́пелето kópeleto |
ко́пелетата kópeletata |
References
- “копеле”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “копеле”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “копеле, копиле”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 613