вълколак

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Bulgarian

Alternative forms

въркола́к (vǎrkolák) — common
вълкодла́к (vǎlkodlák) — dialectal
фъркуля́к (fǎrkulják) — dialectal
вракала́к (vrakalák) — dialectal
вракало́к (vrakalók) — dialectal

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf”).

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ak

Noun

вълкола́к • (vǎlkolák) m

(mythology, folklore) werewolf, vampire
Synonyms: вампи́р (vampír), карако́нджул (karakóndžul), таласъ́м (talasǎ́m)

Declension

Declension of вълкола́к
	singular	plural
indefinite	вълкола́к vǎlkolák	вълкола́ци vǎlkoláci
definite (subject form)	вълкола́кът vǎlkolákǎt	вълкола́ците vǎlkolácite
definite (object form)	вълкола́ка vǎlkoláka	вълкола́ците vǎlkolácite
count form	—	вълкола́ка vǎlkoláka

Descendants

→ Byzantine Greek: βουλκόλαξ (boulkólax, “vampire”)

Further reading

“вълколак”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вълколак”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 206
Nayden Gerov (1895) “влъколакъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. ‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 137

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