rusalka
See also: rusałka
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian руса́лка (rusálka, “mermaid, siren”)
Noun
rusalka (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.
Hypernyms
Translations
female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Portuguese
Noun
rusalka f (plural rusalkas)
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