върколак

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Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ak

Noun

въркола́к • (vǎrkolák) m

Alternative form of вълкола́к (vǎlkolák)

Declension

Declension of въркола́к
	singular	plural
indefinite	въркола́к vǎrkolák	въркола́ци vǎrkoláci
definite (subject form)	въркола́кът vǎrkolákǎt	въркола́ците vǎrkolácite
definite (object form)	въркола́ка vǎrkoláka	въркола́ците vǎrkolácite
count form	—	въркола́ка vǎrkoláka

Descendants

→ Byzantine Greek: βουρκόλακας (bourkólakas, “vampire”, noun)
- Greek: βρικόλακας (vrikólakas, “vampire”, noun)
  - ⇒ Greek: βρικολακιάζω (vrikolakiázo, “to turn into a vampire; to bring up bad memories”, verb)
→ Romanian: vârcolac

Further reading

“върколак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “върколак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 211
Nayden Gerov (1895) “врьколакъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 159

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