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rusalcă

“rusalcă” is a Romanian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

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

In Romanian

  1. duh al râurilor, lacurilor, pădurilor și câmpiilor, închipuit în mitologia slavă ca o fată tânără îmbrăcată în alb, care atrage pe tineri în fundul apelor, înecându-i.

Etymology

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”).

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