"βρικόλακας" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /vɾiˈkolakas/
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek βουρκόλακας (bourkólakas), from Bulgarian върколак (vǎrkolak), from Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf”). Etymology templates: {{der|el|gkm|βουρκόλακας}} Byzantine Greek βουρκόλακας (bourkólakas), {{der|el|bg|върколак}} Bulgarian върколак (vǎrkolak), {{der|el|sla-pro|*vьlkolakъ||werewolf}} Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf”) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|βρικόλακες|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=}} βρικόλακας • (vrikólakas) m (plural βρικόλακες), {{el-noun|m|βρικόλακες}} βρικόλακας • (vrikólakas) m (plural βρικόλακες) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|βρικόλακας|βρικόλακες|βρικόλακα|βρικολάκων|βρικόλακα|βρικόλακες|βρικόλακα|βρικόλακες|gs=|note=}} Forms: vrikólakas [romanization], βρικόλακες [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], βρικόλακας [nominative, singular], βρικόλακες [nominative, plural], βρικόλακα [genitive, singular], βρικολάκων [genitive, plural], βρικόλακα [accusative, singular], βρικόλακες [accusative, plural], βρικόλακα [singular, vocative], βρικόλακες [plural, vocative]
  1. (mythology, folklore) vampire (the Greek folklore depiction, a dead person who rises from the grave at night and drinks the blood of the living) Categories (topical): Folklore, Mythology, Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-βρικόλακας-el-noun-f8HaGB0u Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 90 10 Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'φύλακας' Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'φύλακας': 93 7 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
  2. (figuratively) unpleasant reminder, unpleasant remnant (of the past) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-βρικόλακας-el-noun-V0wpBcWm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: βαμπίρ (vampír) (english: vampire) [neuter], δράκουλας (drákoulas) (english: vampire - Western 'Dracula' depiction) [masculine], βρυκόλακας (vrykólakas), βουρβόλακας (vourvólakas), βορβόλακας (vorvólakas), βουρβούλακας (vourvoúlakas), βουρκόλακας (vourkólakas) Derived forms: βρικολακιάζω (vrikolakiázo) (english: to turn into a vampire; to bring up bad memories)

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