kopil

Uncertain. Possibly from ko- +‎ pelë, thus initially referred to girls. Alternatively an old paleo-Balkan substrate word; compare Romanian copil, Aromanian cochil, Albanian kopil, Byzantine Greek κόπελος (kópelos).

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

kopíl 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

kopil (feminine kopile)

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

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 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 (9 February 2014) “ETIMOLOGJI TË ÇABEJT: KOPIL”, in Peizazhe të fjalës‎^[2] (in Albanian)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkopɪl]

kopil

1. masculine singular past active participle of kopit