rusalcă

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic роусалка (rusalka), from Old Church Slavonic роусалиѩ (rusaliję), from Byzantine Greek ῥουσάλια (rhousália), from Latin rōsālia (festival of the roses).

Noun[edit]

rusalcă f (plural rusalce)

  1. (mythology) rusalka; a Slavic female water spirit associated with death by drowning

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