vurkollak

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf, vampire”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

vurkollák m (plural vurkollakë, definite vurkollaku, definite plural vurkollakët)

  1. (mythology) revenant, vampire, zombie, ghost
    Synonyms: lugat, kukudh, vampir

Declension

Declension of vurkollak
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vurkollak vurkollaku vurkollakë vurkollakët
accusative vurkollakun
dative vurkollaku vurkollakut vurkollakëve vurkollakëve
ablative vurkollakësh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vurkollak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 517

Further reading

  • “vurkollak”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “vurkollak”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “vurkollak”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
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