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語源

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

発音

名詞

rusalka (plural rusalkas or rusalky or rusalki)

1. (Slavic mythology) A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.
   • 2009 March 1, Alastair Macaulay, “What Do Aquawomen Want?”, in New York Times‎:

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

上位語

• siren

参考

• mavka (Ukrainian folklore)
• naiad, nymph (Greek mythology)

アナグラム

• kursaal