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копеле

/[ˈkɔpɛlɛ]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    illegitimate child (child born outside of marriage)
  2. 2.
    slangbastard, brat

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”).

Forms

  • ко́пелеindefinite • singular
  • ко́пелеcanonical • neuter
  • kópeleromanization
  • ко́пелетаindefinite • plural
  • ко́пелетоdefinite • singular
  • ко́пелетатаdefinite • plural
  • ко́пилеalternative • dialectal
  • ко́пилоalternative • dialectal

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