uppvakningur

Icelandic

Etymology

From upp (“up”) and vakna (“to wake up”) +‎ -ingur (“forms verbal nouns”), "one who wakes up", "upwaker". Compare rísa upp frá dauðum (“to rise from the dead”).

Noun

uppvakningur m (genitive singular uppvaknings, nominative plural uppvakningar)

  1. a zombie; (a deceased person who becomes reanimate to attack the living)

Declension
declension of uppvakningur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative uppvakningur uppvakningurinn uppvakningar uppvakningarnir
accusative uppvakning uppvakninginn uppvakninga uppvakningana
dative uppvakningi uppvakningnum uppvakningum uppvakningunum
genitive uppvaknings uppvakningsins uppvakninga uppvakninganna

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