copil
Romanian
Etymology
Formerly ‘bastard’, probably from Proto-Slavic *kopylъ (“shoot, sprout; bastard”) (compare Ukrainian копил (kopyl) or копиля (kopylja), Serbo-Croatian копиле (kȍpile), Bulgarian ко́пеле (kópele)), from *kopàti (“to dig, cultivate”). Also borrowed into Albanian kopil, Byzantine Greek κόπελος (kópelos). Alternatively an old ultimately paleo-Balkan substrate word. Compare Aromanian cochil.
Pronunciation
Noun
copil m (plural copii, feminine equivalent copilă)
- child
- Am doi copii.
- I have two children.
Declension
Declension of copil
Derived terms
References
- copil in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)