русалка

Russian

Rusalka by I. Bilibin, 1934

Inherited from Old East Slavic русалиꙗ (rusalija), Old Church Slavonic роусалиѩ (rusaliję), from Byzantine Greek ῥουσάλια (rhousália), from Latin rōsālia (“festival of the roses”). Compare with Bulgarian руса́лия (rusálija).

руса́лка • (rusálka) f anim (genitive руса́лки, nominative plural руса́лки, genitive plural руса́лок)

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 of руса́лка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
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

берегиня (bereginja), болотница (bolotnica), купалка (kupalka), мавка (mavka), шутовка (šutovka)

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