русалка
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old East Slavic русалиꙗ (rusalija), Old Church Slavonic роусалиѩ (rusaliję) + -ка (-ka), from Byzantine Greek ῥουσάλια (rhousália), from Latin rōsālia (“festival of the roses”). Compare with Bulgarian руса́лия (rusálija).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]руса́лка • (rusálka) f anim (genitive руса́лки, nominative plural руса́лки, genitive plural руса́лок, diminutive руса́лочка)
- (Slavic mythology) rusalka; a Slavic female water spirit associated with death by drowning and with Green Week traditions occurring around the time of Pentecost
- (by extension) nymph, mermaid (in the context of Western fantasy and mythology)
Declension
[edit]Declension of руса́лка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | руса́лка rusálka |
руса́лки rusálki |
genitive | руса́лки rusálki |
руса́лок rusálok |
dative | руса́лке rusálke |
руса́лкам rusálkam |
accusative | руса́лку rusálku |
руса́лок rusálok |
instrumental | руса́лкой, руса́лкою rusálkoj, rusálkoju |
руса́лками rusálkami |
prepositional | руса́лке rusálke |
руса́лках rusálkax |
Synonyms
[edit]- береги́ня (beregínja), боло́тница (bolótnica), купа́лка (kupálka), ма́вка (mávka), шуто́вка (šutóvka)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: rusalka
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- Russian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic
- Russian terms suffixed with -ка
- Russian terms derived from Byzantine Greek
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- ru:Slavic mythology
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- Russian velar-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- Russian nouns with reducible stem
- ru:Fantasy
- ru:Fish
- ru:Mythological creatures