rusalcă

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic роусалка (rusalka), from Old Church Slavonic роусалиѩ (rusaliję), from Byzantine Greek ῥουσάλια (rhousália), from Latin rōsālia (“festival of the roses”).

Noun

rusalcă f (plural rusalce)

1. (mythology) rusalka; a Slavic female water spirit associated with death by drowning

Declension

Declension of rusalcă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) rusalcă	rusalca	(niște) rusalce	rusalcele
genitive/dative	(unei) rusalce	rusalcei	(unor) rusalce	rusalcelor
vocative	rusalcă, rusalco		rusalcelor

Related terms

• Rusalii