copë

See also: cope, Cope, and copé

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan zopa (“clod”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɔpə/

Noun

cópë f (plural copa / copëra, definite copa, definite plural copat / copërat)

1. piece, part

   Synonym: pjesë

2. fragment of an artistic work

   copa melodish ― melody fragments

3. fabric , woven cloth

   Synonyms: pëlhurë, cohë

   copë për fustan ― fabric for a dress

4. (figurative) something with very little value or power, a poor one

   atë copë burrë ― that poor husband

5. (botany) scion, hardwood cutting
6. (Arvanitika) cannonball, artillery shell

   Synonyms: gjyle, predhë

Declension

Declension of copë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	copë	copa	copa	copat
accusative		copën
dative	cope	copës	copave	copave
ablative			copash

or

Declension of copë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	copë	copa	copëra	copërat
accusative		copën
dative	cope	copës	copërave	copërave
ablative			copërash

Noun

cópë f (plural copë, definite copa, definite plural copët)

2. exemplar, unit, piece

Declension

Declension of copë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	copë	copa	copë	copët
accusative		copën
dative	cope	copës	copëve	copëve
ablative			copësh

Adverb

copë

1. bluntly, frankly

   Synonyms: hapur, troç, haptazi

   ia tha copë ― (he) said it bluntly

Derived terms

• coparak
• copash
• copatar
• copç
• copë-copë
• copëlan
• copëloj
• copërinë
• copëtoj
• copëtor
• copëtore
• copëz
• copëzoj
• copëzor
• copthi

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: (“big piece, bread”) (regional)

  Cyrillic script: цопач

  Latin script: copač

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “copë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999), “copë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary