вампир

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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

вампир (vampirm (plural вампири, feminine вампирка, relational adjective вампирски, diminutive вампирче, augmentative вампириште)

  1. vampire
    Synonyms: (dialectal) вопер m (voper); (dialectal) јапер m (japer)

Declension

Declension of вампир
singular plural
indefinite вампир (vampir) вампири (vampiri)
definite unspecified вампирот (vampirot) вампирите (vampirite)
definite proximal вампиров (vampirov) вампириве (vampirive)
definite distal вампирон (vampiron) вампирине (vampirine)
vocative вампиру (vampiru) вампири (vampiri)
count form вампира (vampira)

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 (vampírm anim (genitive вампи́ра, nominative plural вампи́ры, genitive plural вампи́ров, feminine вампи́рша)

  1. vampire (mythological creature, also figuratively)
    Synonyms: упы́рь (upýrʹ), вурдала́к (vurdalák)
  2. vampire bat
  3. Ellipsis of энергетический вампир (energetičeskij vampir).

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: vampir
  • Kazakh: вампир (vampir)
  • Kyrgyz: вампир (vampir)
  • Mongolian: вампир (vampir)
  • Turkmen: wampir
  • Uzbek: vampir

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋǎmpiːr/
  • Hyphenation: вам‧пир

Noun

ва̀мпӣр m (Latin spelling vàmpīr)

  1. vampire

Declension

Descendants

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: вам‧пир

Noun

вампи́р (vampýrm pers (genitive вампи́ра, nominative plural вампи́ри, genitive plural вампи́рів, feminine вампи́рка)

  1. 1928–1933 spelling of вампі́р (vampír, vampire), which was deprecated in the orthography reform of 1933

Declension

Further reading

  • A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “вампир”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries