noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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

   "She is now a rusalka, a water spirit; in revenge she sends their daughter, a rusalochka, to lure him into the water."

Example

More examples

"She is now a rusalka, a water spirit; in revenge she sends their daughter, a rusalochka, to lure him into the water."

Etymology

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

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