"וואָלקעלאַק" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Yiddish]

IPA: /vɔɫkəˈɫak/ Forms: volkelak [romanization], volkelakes [romanization], volkelakn [romanization]
Etymology: From Russian волкула́к (volkulák) or волкола́к (volkolák); compare Belarusian ваўкала́к (vaŭkalák), Polish wilkołak, and Ukrainian вовкула́ка (vovkuláka) or вовкула́к (vovkulák). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ. Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|ru|волкула́к}} Russian волкула́к (volkulák), {{cog|be|ваўкала́к}} Belarusian ваўкала́к (vaŭkalák), {{cog|pl|wilkołak}} Polish wilkołak, {{cog|uk|вовкула́ка}} Ukrainian вовкула́ка (vovkuláka), {{der|yi|sla-pro|*vьlkolakъ}} Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} וואָלקעלאַק • (volkelak) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=es|pl2=וואָלקעלאַקן}} וואָלקעלאַק • (volkelak) m, plural וואָלקעלאַקעס (volkelakes) or וואָלקעלאַקן (volkelakn)
  1. werewolf Categories (topical): Mythological creatures Synonyms: וואָלפֿקולאַק (volfkulak)
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "волкула́к"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian волкула́к (volkulák)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be",
        "2": "ваўкала́к"
      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian ваўкала́к (vaŭkalák)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "wilkołak"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish wilkołak",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "вовкула́ка"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian вовкула́ка (vovkuláka)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*vьlkolakъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Russian волкула́к (volkulák) or волкола́к (volkolák); compare Belarusian ваўкала́к (vaŭkalák), Polish wilkołak, and Ukrainian вовкула́ка (vovkuláka) or вовкула́к (vovkulák). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "volkelak",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "volkelakes",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "volkelakn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "וואָלקעלאַק • (volkelak) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "es",
        "pl2": "וואָלקעלאַקן"
      },
      "expansion": "וואָלקעלאַק • (volkelak) m, plural וואָלקעלאַקעס (volkelakes) or וואָלקעלאַקן (volkelakn)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "yi:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [
            "Fantasy",
            "Mythology",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Culture",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Society",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Such an opening scene literally begs to be turned upside down, and indeed the woman becomes a werewolf and kills her husband with a sushi knife.",
          "ref": "2016, עדי מהלאל, “פּאָל סײַמאָנס קריטישער הומאָר אין „פֿון פֿרעמדער צו פֿרעמדער‟ [Paul Simon's Critical Humor in \"Stranger to Stranger\"]”, in Forverts:",
          "roman": "aza min tkhílezdike stsene bet zikh mamesh me zol zi shteln kapoyer, un take di froy vert a volkelak un dermordert ir man mit a sushi-meser.",
          "text": "אַזאַ מין תּחילתדיקע סצענע בעט זיך ממש מע זאָל זי שטעלן קאַפּויער, און טאַקע די פֿרוי ווערט אַ וואָלקעלאַק און דערמאָרדערט איר מאַן מיט אַ סושי-מעסער.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "werewolf"
      ],
      "id": "en-וואָלקעלאַק-yi-noun-AASLpdc3",
      "links": [
        [
          "werewolf",
          "werewolf"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "volfkulak",
          "word": "וואָלפֿקולאַק"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɔɫkəˈɫak/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "וואָלקעלאַק"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "волкула́к"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian волкула́к (volkulák)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be",
        "2": "ваўкала́к"
      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian ваўкала́к (vaŭkalák)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "wilkołak"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish wilkołak",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "вовкула́ка"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian вовкула́ка (vovkuláka)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*vьlkolakъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Russian волкула́к (volkulák) or волкола́к (volkolák); compare Belarusian ваўкала́к (vaŭkalák), Polish wilkołak, and Ukrainian вовкула́ка (vovkuláka) or вовкула́к (vovkulák). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "volkelak",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "volkelakes",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "volkelakn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "וואָלקעלאַק • (volkelak) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "es",
        "pl2": "וואָלקעלאַקן"
      },
      "expansion": "וואָלקעלאַק • (volkelak) m, plural וואָלקעלאַקעס (volkelakes) or וואָלקעלאַקן (volkelakn)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish masculine nouns",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms borrowed from Russian",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Russian",
        "Yiddish terms with quotations",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
        "yi:Mythological creatures"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Such an opening scene literally begs to be turned upside down, and indeed the woman becomes a werewolf and kills her husband with a sushi knife.",
          "ref": "2016, עדי מהלאל, “פּאָל סײַמאָנס קריטישער הומאָר אין „פֿון פֿרעמדער צו פֿרעמדער‟ [Paul Simon's Critical Humor in \"Stranger to Stranger\"]”, in Forverts:",
          "roman": "aza min tkhílezdike stsene bet zikh mamesh me zol zi shteln kapoyer, un take di froy vert a volkelak un dermordert ir man mit a sushi-meser.",
          "text": "אַזאַ מין תּחילתדיקע סצענע בעט זיך ממש מע זאָל זי שטעלן קאַפּויער, און טאַקע די פֿרוי ווערט אַ וואָלקעלאַק און דערמאָרדערט איר מאַן מיט אַ סושי-מעסער.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "werewolf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "werewolf",
          "werewolf"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɔɫkəˈɫak/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "volfkulak",
      "word": "וואָלפֿקולאַק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "וואָלקעלאַק"
}

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