copac

Borrowed from Middle Low German zoppen + -ac.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɔ.pat͡s/
• Rhymes: -ɔpat͡s
• Syllabification: co‧pac

copac impf (perfective copnąc)

1. (ditransitive) to give back, to return
2. (intransitive) to return, to go back
3. (reflexive with sã) to retreat, to retire
4. (reflexive with sã) to back off, to fall back, to recede (to move back)

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “cofać”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “cofać”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “copac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

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.

• IPA^(key): /koˈpak/
• Rhymes: -ak

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copac m (plural copaci)

1. tree

   Synonyms: arbore, pom

• “copac”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025