rusalka

See also: rusałka

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From Russian руса́лка (rusálka, mermaid, siren)

Noun

rusalka (plural rusalkas or rusalky or rusalki)

  1. (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:
      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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Noun

rusalka f (plural rusalkas)

  1. (Slavic mythology) rusalka (female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths)
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