upiór

Polish

upiór sense 1

upiór sense 4

Etymology

Borrowed from East Slavic. Compare Ukrainian упир (upyr). Doublet of wampir and wąpierz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.pjur/

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• Rhymes: -upjur
• Syllabification: u‧piór

Noun

upiór m animal (female equivalent upiorzyca, related adjective upiorowy)

2. vampire (mythological creature)

   Synonyms: wampir, wąpierz

3. ghost, spectre, spook (supernatural being of frightful appearance who is a threat to the living, which, according to the beliefs of some cultures, becomes the dead returning to earth as punishment for evil deeds)

   Hypernyms: duch, strach, zjawa, zmora

4. spectre (past, frightening events or phenomena that are a threat again)

   Synonym: widmo

   Po chwili otrząsały się z upiorów wspomnień. ― After a while, they shook off the terrible memories.

6. any sheath-tailed bat of the genus Emballonura

Declension

Declension of upiór

	singular	plural
nominative	upiór	upiory
genitive	upiora	upiorów
dative	upiorowi	upiorom
accusative	upiora	upiory
instrumental	upiorem	upiorami
locative	upiorze	upiorach
vocative	upiorze	upiory

Derived terms

adjectives

• upiorny

 

Related terms

adverbs

• upiornie

 

nouns

• upiorność

 

verbs

• upiornieć impf

 

Descendants

• → English: oupire

Further reading

• upiór in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• upiór in Polish dictionaries at PWN