See also: GOBLin

English edit

 
A modern goblin.
 
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Etymology edit

From Middle English gobelyn, from Old Northern French gobelin (compare Norman goubelin, Walloon gobelin), possibly a blend of Old Dutch *kobeholdo (goblin) (compare Dutch kabouter, German Kobold) and Late Latin cobalus (mountain sprite), from Ancient Greek κόβαλος (kóbalos, rogue, knave; goblin). Displaced native Old English pūca from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (a goblin, spook), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (brilliance, spectre).

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goblin (plural goblins)

  1. One of various hostile supernatural creatures, now especially (fantasy literature) a malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid, often associated with orcs or trolls.
    • c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
      From yͤ hagg & hungry Goblin,
      yͭ into raggs would rend yee,
      & yͤ spirit yͭ stand’s by yͤ naked man,
      in yͤ booke of moones defend yee
    • 1872, George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin, page 50:
      " [] If he had struck a stroke more to the side just here," said the goblin, tapping the very stone, as it seemed to Curdie, against which his head lay, "he would have been through; but he's a couple of yards past it now, and if he follow the lode it will be a week before it leads him in. [] "
    • 2006, Charlotte Bishop, Norty: The Chosen Ones, page 187:
      At last the goblins had a chance to rid themselves of one of the troublesome defenders, and two goblin warriors snatched the opportunity.
    • 2010, Thom L. Nichols, War: Return of the Elves, Part 1, page 37:
      The goblin shifted the two younger ones closer to him. It looked like he was hiding behind them, using them as a shield.
      The goblin looked pure evil. His eyes were brown.
    • 2010, D. S. Macleod, The Middle Times: Rise of the Goblin King, page 229:
      I shall send another entourage of goblins back here to Desput with the goblins’ new ally the Pixy! These creatures deserve the same respect as any other goblin.
    • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
      Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.

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goblin

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Borrowed from English goblin.

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goblin m animal

  1. (fantasy) goblin (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)

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  • goblin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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goblin m (Cyrillic spelling гоблин)

  1. goblin

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English goblin.

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goblin (definite accusative goblini, plural goblinler)

  1. goblin

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Inflection
Nominative goblin
Definite accusative goblini
Singular Plural
Nominative goblin goblinler
Definite accusative goblini goblinleri
Dative gobline goblinlere
Locative goblinde goblinlerde
Ablative goblinden goblinlerden
Genitive goblinin goblinlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular goblinim goblinlerim
2nd singular goblinin goblinlerin
3rd singular goblini goblinleri
1st plural goblinimiz goblinlerimiz
2nd plural goblininiz goblinleriniz
3rd plural goblinleri goblinleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular goblinimi goblinlerimi
2nd singular goblinini goblinlerini
3rd singular goblinini goblinlerini
1st plural goblinimizi goblinlerimizi
2nd plural goblininizi goblinlerinizi
3rd plural goblinlerini goblinlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular goblinime goblinlerime
2nd singular goblinine goblinlerine
3rd singular goblinine goblinlerine
1st plural goblinimize goblinlerimize
2nd plural goblininize goblinlerinize
3rd plural goblinlerine goblinlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular goblinimde goblinlerimde
2nd singular goblininde goblinlerinde
3rd singular goblininde goblinlerinde
1st plural goblinimizde goblinlerimizde
2nd plural goblininizde goblinlerinizde
3rd plural goblinlerinde goblinlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular goblinimden goblinlerimden
2nd singular goblininden goblinlerinden
3rd singular goblininden goblinlerinden
1st plural goblinimizden goblinlerimizden
2nd plural goblininizden goblinlerinizden
3rd plural goblinlerinden goblinlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular goblinimin goblinlerimin
2nd singular goblininin goblinlerinin
3rd singular goblininin goblinlerinin
1st plural goblinimizin goblinlerimizin
2nd plural goblininizin goblinlerinizin
3rd plural goblinlerinin goblinlerinin