"strigoi" meaning in Romanian

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Noun

IPA: /striˈɡoj/
Etymology: From strigă + -oi, from Latin striga (“hag, evil spirit”), from strix (“screech owl”). Compare Italian strega (“witch”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|ro|strigă|oi}} strigă + -oi, {{der|ro|la|striga||hag, evil spirit}} Latin striga (“hag, evil spirit”), {{cog|it|strega||witch}} Italian strega (“witch”) Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|strigoi}} strigoi m (plural strigoi) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=m|gpd=strigoilor|gpi=strigoi|gsd=strigoiului|gsi=strigoi|n=|npd=strigoii|npi=strigoi|nsd=strigoiul|nsi=strigoi|vp=strigoilor|vs=strigoiule|vs2=}} Forms: strigoi [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], strigoi [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], strigoiul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], strigoii [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], strigoi [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], strigoiului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], strigoilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, plural], strigoiule [singular, vocative], strigoilor [vocative]
  1. In Romanian folklore, a spirit that can transform into an animal or some ghostly appearance and cause problems for those who encounter it, including draining the vitality of victims through blood loss. Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-strigoi-ro-noun-LWMJaPcP Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 91 3 6 Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header, Romanian terms suffixed with -oi Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 98 1 1 Disambiguation of Romanian terms suffixed with -oi: 97 2 2
  2. vampire Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-strigoi-ro-noun-lMQUNvA4
  3. wraith, ghost, phantom Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-strigoi-ro-noun-8FZ2XPXJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: strigoaie Related terms: striga, strigoaică, vampir

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "strigoaie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "strigă",
        "3": "oi"
      },
      "expansion": "strigă + -oi",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "striga",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hag, evil spirit"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin striga (“hag, evil spirit”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "strega",
        "3": "",
        "4": "witch"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian strega (“witch”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From strigă + -oi, from Latin striga (“hag, evil spirit”), from strix (“screech owl”). Compare Italian strega (“witch”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strigoi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoiul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoiului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoiule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "strigoi"
      },
      "expansion": "strigoi m (plural strigoi)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpd": "strigoilor",
        "gpi": "strigoi",
        "gsd": "strigoiului",
        "gsi": "strigoi",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "strigoii",
        "npi": "strigoi",
        "nsd": "strigoiul",
        "nsi": "strigoi",
        "vp": "strigoilor",
        "vs": "strigoiule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "striga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "strigoaică"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vampir"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "98 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian terms suffixed with -oi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 3 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ro",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "ro:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [
            "Fantasy",
            "Mythology",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Culture",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Society",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In Romanian folklore, a spirit that can transform into an animal or some ghostly appearance and cause problems for those who encounter it, including draining the vitality of victims through blood loss."
      ],
      "id": "en-strigoi-ro-noun-LWMJaPcP",
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vampire"
      ],
      "id": "en-strigoi-ro-noun-lMQUNvA4",
      "links": [
        [
          "vampire",
          "vampire"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wraith, ghost, phantom"
      ],
      "id": "en-strigoi-ro-noun-8FZ2XPXJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "wraith",
          "wraith"
        ],
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ],
        [
          "phantom",
          "phantom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/striˈɡoj/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "strigoi"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Romanian countable nouns",
    "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Romanian lemmas",
    "Romanian masculine nouns",
    "Romanian nouns",
    "Romanian terms derived from Latin",
    "Romanian terms suffixed with -oi",
    "ro:Mythological creatures"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "strigoaie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "strigă",
        "3": "oi"
      },
      "expansion": "strigă + -oi",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "striga",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hag, evil spirit"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin striga (“hag, evil spirit”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "strega",
        "3": "",
        "4": "witch"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian strega (“witch”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From strigă + -oi, from Latin striga (“hag, evil spirit”), from strix (“screech owl”). Compare Italian strega (“witch”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strigoi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoiul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoiului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoiule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strigoilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "strigoi"
      },
      "expansion": "strigoi m (plural strigoi)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpd": "strigoilor",
        "gpi": "strigoi",
        "gsd": "strigoiului",
        "gsi": "strigoi",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "strigoii",
        "npi": "strigoi",
        "nsd": "strigoiul",
        "nsi": "strigoi",
        "vp": "strigoilor",
        "vs": "strigoiule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "striga"
    },
    {
      "word": "strigoaică"
    },
    {
      "word": "vampir"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In Romanian folklore, a spirit that can transform into an animal or some ghostly appearance and cause problems for those who encounter it, including draining the vitality of victims through blood loss."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vampire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vampire",
          "vampire"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wraith, ghost, phantom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wraith",
          "wraith"
        ],
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ],
        [
          "phantom",
          "phantom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/striˈɡoj/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "strigoi"
}

Download raw JSONL data for strigoi meaning in Romanian (2.9kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive-dative'",
  "path": [
    "strigoi"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "strigoi",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/20250113b",
  "msg": "Rowspan 999 over 30, set to 1",
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