русалия

Transliteration of Latin Rosalia (“festival of the roses”). Doublet of the personal name Роза́лия (Rozálija).

By folk-etymology, the term has gained semantic nuances related to Bulgarian роса́ (rosá, “dew”)

• IPA^(key): [roˈsalijɐ]

руса́лия • (rusálija) f

1. (folklore) festival/ritual game performed in the Pentecost week
2. (by extension) feminine spirit, nymph (bringers of dew and fertility)

• руса́лка (rusálka, “siren, mermaid”)

• ро́за (róza, “rose”)
• роса́ (rosá, “dew”)

• ди́ва (díva), диви́ня (divínja, “demon, evil spirit”)
  • самоди́ва (samodíva, “nymph”)
• ви́ла (víla, “nymph”)
  • самови́ла (samovíla, “nymph”)
• ю́да (júda, “malevolent nymph”)