вампір

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Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vampire or German Vampir, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь. Doublet of упі́р (upír).

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Noun

вампі́р (vampírm pers (genitive вампі́ра, nominative plural вампі́ры, genitive plural вампі́раў, feminine вампі́рка)

  1. vampire (mythological creature)
    Synonym: упі́р (upír)
  2. (figuratively) vampire (a person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.)
    Synonyms: крывапі́вец (kryvapívjec), крывасмо́к (kryvasmók), упі́р (upír)
  3. vampire bat
    Synonym: крывасмо́к (kryvasmók)

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Further reading

  • вампір” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vampire or German Vampir, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь. Doublet of упи́р (upýr).

Pronunciation

Noun

вампі́р (vampírm pers (genitive вампі́ра, nominative plural вампі́ри, genitive plural вампі́рів, feminine вампі́рка, relational adjective вампі́рський or вампіри́чний)

  1. vampire (mythological creature)
    Synonym: упи́р (upýr)
  2. (figuratively) a cruel person (used also as an insult)
    Synonym: кровопи́вця (krovopývcja)
  3. (figuratively) vampire (a person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.)
    Synonym: упи́р (upýr)
  4. vampire bat
    Synonyms: кровосмо́к (krovosmók), кровосо́с (krovosós)

Declension

Further reading

  • Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “вампі́р”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN