kupus
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Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Kappus (“cabbage”), with the first -u- coming by merger with another word with the same meaning. Compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian kapuc, kapus (from Venetian capuzzo), and also Old Serbo-Croatian (Kajkavian) kupust (ultimately from Latin composita (“mixed”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kùpus m (Cyrillic spelling ку̀пус)
Declension[edit]
Declension of kupus
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | kupus |
| genitive | kupusa |
| dative | kupusu |
| accusative | kupus |
| vocative | kupuse |
| locative | kupusu |
| instrumental | kupusom |
References[edit]
- “kupus” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Gluhak, Alemko (1993) Hrvatski etimološki rječnik (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, page 360