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Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь.
Pronunciation
Noun
вампир • (vampir) m (plural вампири, feminine вампирка, relational adjective вампирски, diminutive вампирче, augmentative вампириште)
- vampire
- Synonyms: (dialectal) вопер m (voper); (dialectal) јапер m (japer)
Declension
Derived terms
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French vampire or German Vampir, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь. Doublet of упы́рь (upýrʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
вампи́р • (vampír) m anim (genitive вампи́ра, nominative plural вампи́ры, genitive plural вампи́ров, feminine вампи́рша)
- vampire (mythological creature, also figuratively)
- Synonyms: упы́рь (upýrʹ), вурдала́к (vurdalák)
- vampire bat
- Ellipsis of энергетический вампир (energetičeskij vampir).
Declension
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вампир”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋǎmpiːr/
- Hyphenation: вам‧пир
Noun
ва̀мпӣр m (Latin spelling vàmpīr)
- vampire
Declension
Descendants
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: вам‧пир
Noun
вампи́р • (vampýr) m pers (genitive вампи́ра, nominative plural вампи́ри, genitive plural вампи́рів, feminine вампи́рка)
- 1928–1933 spelling of вампі́р (vampír, “vampire”), which was deprecated in the orthography reform of 1933
Declension
Declension of вампи́р (pers hard masc-form accent-a)
Further reading
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “вампир”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries