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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Probably a yod-present formation from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)kop- (to strike, to beat) (though there is a chance that the word is a substrate borrowing).

Cognate with Lithuanian kàpti (to hew, fell), kaplỹs (hatchet), Albanian kep (to hew, chisel), Proto-Slavic *kopàti (to dig);[1] compare also perhaps Old Church Slavonic скопити (skopiti, castrate), Old High German happa (scythe), English hatchet.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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κόπτω (kóptō)

  1. (transitive) to strike; cut; shake
    1. (transitive) to knock
      • 2022 May 18, Seumas Macdonald, chapter 5, in Linguae Graecae Per Se Illustrata[1]:
        ἰδού, ἔστιν ἀνήρ πρὸς τῇ θύρᾳ. ἐκεῖνος οὖν κόπτει.
        idoú, éstin anḗr pròs têi thúrāi. ekeînos oûn kóptei.
        Look, there is a man by the door. He then knocks.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Byzantine Greek: κόβω (kóbō)
  • Mariupol Greek: ко́фту (kóftu)
  • Greek: κόπτω (kópto)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόπτω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 748-9

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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This form was a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō) found in Katharevousa; compare the inherited doublet κόβω (kóvo).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈko.pto/
  • Hyphenation: κό‧πτω

Verb

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κόπτω (kópto) (past έκοψα, passive κόπτομαι)

  1. (dated) Alternative form of κόβω (kóvo)

Conjugation

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compounds and derivatives