kopča

See also: Kopča and kopca

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوپچه (kopça). First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kôpt͡ʃa/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧pča

Noun

kȍpča f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏пча)

  1. clasp
  2. buckle
  3. hook

Declension

Declension of kopča
singular plural
nominative kȍpča kopče
genitive kopče kȏpčā / kȏpčī
dative kopči kopčama
accusative kopču kopče
vocative kopčo kopče
locative kopči kopčama
instrumental kopčom kopčama

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “kopča”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 478