върколак
Appearance
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]въркола́к • (vǎrkolák) m
- Alternative form of вълкола́к (vǎlkolák)
Declension
[edit]Declension of въркола́к
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | въркола́к vǎrkolák |
въркола́ци vǎrkoláci |
definite (subject form) |
въркола́кът vǎrkolákǎt |
въркола́ците vǎrkolácite |
definite (object form) |
въркола́ка vǎrkoláka | |
count form | — | въркола́ка vǎrkoláka |
Descendants
[edit]- → Byzantine Greek: βουρκόλακας (bourkólakas, “vampire”, noun)
- Greek: βρικόλακας (vrikólakas, “vampire”, noun)
- ⇒ Greek: βρικολακιάζω (vrikolakiázo, “to turn into a vampire; to bring up bad memories”, verb)
- Greek: βρικόλακας (vrikólakas, “vampire”, noun)
Further reading
[edit]- “върколак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “върколак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 211
- Nayden Gerov (1895) “врьколакъ”, 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 159
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