rusalka
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editFrom Russian руса́лка (rusálka, “mermaid, siren”). Doublet of rosalia.
Noun
editrusalka (plural rusalkas or rusalky or rusalki)
- (Slavic mythology) A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.
- 2009 March 1, Alastair Macaulay, “What Do Aquawomen Want?”, in New York Times[1]:
- She is now a rusalka, a water spirit; in revenge she sends their daughter, a rusalochka, to lure him into the water.
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editfemale water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Noun
editrusalka f (plural rusalkas)
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Russian руса́лка (rusálka, “mermaid, siren”).
Noun
editrusalka (definite accusative rusalkayı, plural rusalkalar)
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