вълколак
Appearance
Bulgarian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- въркола́к (vǎrkolák) — common
- вълкодла́к (vǎlkodlák) — dialectal
- фъркуля́к (fǎrkulják) — dialectal
- вракала́к (vrakalák) — dialectal
- вракало́к (vrakalók) — dialectal
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]вълкола́к • (vǎlkolák) m
- (mythology, folklore) werewolf, vampire
- Synonyms: вампи́р (vampír), карако́нджул (karakóndžul), таласъ́м (talasǎ́m)
Declension
[edit]Declension of вълкола́к
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | вълкола́к vǎlkolák |
вълкола́ци vǎlkoláci |
definite (subject form) |
вълкола́кът vǎlkolákǎt |
вълкола́ците vǎlkolácite |
definite (object form) |
вълкола́ка vǎlkoláka | |
count form | — | вълкола́ка vǎlkoláka |
Descendants
[edit]- → Byzantine Greek: βουλκόλαξ (boulkólax, “vampire”)
Further reading
[edit]- “вълколак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вълколак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 206
- Nayden Gerov (1895) “влъколакъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 137
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