купус

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Kappus (“cabbage”), with the first -у- coming by merger with another word with the same meaning. Compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian капуц, капус (from Venetian capuzzo), and also Old Serbo-Croatian (Kajkavian) kupust (ultimately from Latin composita (“mixed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kǔpus/
  • Hyphenation: ку‧пус

Noun

ку̀пус m (Latin spelling kùpus)

  1. cabbage

Declension
Declension of купус
singular
nominative купус
genitive купуса
dative купусу
accusative купус
vocative купусе
locative купусу
instrumental купусом

References
  • “купус” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Gluhak, Alemko (1993) Hrvatski etimološki rječnik (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, page 360
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