copac
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From older copaci (compare Aromanian cupaci, Megleno-Romanian cupaci, Istro-Romanian copaț (“thicket, brushwood”)), possibly borrowed from Albanian kopaç (“treestump”) or cognate to it as a Balkan substrate root. The current form was probably analogically formed as a singular from the earlier copaci, reinterpreted as a plural. Compare also Proto-Slavic *kopati, which may be the ultimate origin of both the Romanian and Albanian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
copac m (plural copaci)
Declension[edit]
Declension of copac
References[edit]
- copac in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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