strigoi
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Romanian strigoi, from strigă, from Latin striga (“hag, evil spirit”), from strix (“screech owl”).
Noun
[edit]strigoi pl (plural only)
Further reading
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From strigă + -oi, from Latin striga (“hag, evil spirit”), from strix (“screech owl”). Compare Italian strega (“witch”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]strigoi m (plural strigoi)
- In Romanian folklore, a spirit that can transform into an animal or some ghostly appearance and cause problems for those who encounter it, including draining the vitality of victims through blood loss.
- vampire
- wraith, ghost, phantom
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | strigoi | strigoiul | strigoi | strigoii | |
genitive-dative | strigoi | strigoiului | strigoi | strigoilor | |
vocative | strigoiule | strigoilor |
Derived terms
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- English terms derived from Romanian
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English pluralia tantum
- Romanian terms suffixed with -oi
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- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- ro:Mythological creatures