rusalka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.

Word forms

rusalka rusalkas rusalky rusalki

Etymology

From Russian руса́лка (rusálka, “mermaid, siren”). Doublet of rosalia.

Related words

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