kikimora

English

kikimora (by Ivan Bilibin)

Etymology

From Russian кики́мора (kikímora).

Noun

kikimora (plural kikimoras or kikimory)

1. (Slavic mythology) a female house spirit in the Slavic mythology

Translations

a female house spirit

• Belarusian: кікі́мара f (kikímara)
• Bulgarian: кики́мора (bg) f (kikímora)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基基莫拉 (jījīmòlā)

• Czech: kikimora f
• French: kikimora f
• German: Kikimora f
• Japanese: キキーモラ (kikīmora)
• Korean: 키키모라 (kikimora)
• Macedonian: кикимора f (kikimora)
• Marathi: किकीमोरा f (kikīmorā)
• Polish: kikimora (pl) f
• Russian: кики́мора (ru) f (kikímora), шиши́мора f (šišímora) (much less common)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кикимора f

  Roman: kikimora f

• Slovak: kikimora f
• Slovene: kikimora f
• Spanish: kikimora f
• Ukrainian: кікі́мора f (kikímora)

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.kiˈmɔ.ra/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: ki‧ki‧mo‧ra

Noun

kikimora f

1. (Slavic mythology) kikimora

Declension

Declension of kikimora

	singular	plural
nominative	kikimora	kikimory
genitive	kikimory	kikimor/kikimór
dative	kikimorze	kikimorom
accusative	kikimorę	kikimory
instrumental	kikimorą	kikimorami
locative	kikimorze	kikimorach
vocative	kikimoro	kikimory

Further reading

• kikimora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кики́мора (kikímora).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kikiˈmoɾa/ [ki.kiˈmo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: ki‧ki‧mo‧ra

Noun

kikimora f (plural kikimoras)

1. (mythology, folklore) kikimora

See also

• domovói