kikimora

English

kikimora (by Ivan Bilibin)

Etymology

From Russian кики́мора (kikímora).

Noun

kikimora (plural kikimoras or kikimory)

(Slavic mythology) a female house spirit in the Slavic mythology

Translations

a female house spirit

Belarusian: кікі́мара f (kikímara)
Bulgarian: кики́мора (bg) f (kikímora)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 基基莫拉 (jījīmòlā)
Czech: kikimora f
French: kikimora f
German: Kikimora f
Japanese: キキーモラ (kikīmora)
Korean: 키키모라 (kikimora)
Macedonian: кикимора f (kikimora)
Marathi: किकीमोरा f (kikīmorā)
Polish: kikimora (pl) f
Russian: кики́мора (ru) f (kikímora), шиши́мора f (šišímora) (much less common)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кикимора f

Roman: kikimora f
Slovak: kikimora f
Slovene: kikimora f
Spanish: kikimora f
Ukrainian: кікі́мора f (kikímora)

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki.kiˈmɔ.ra/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔra
Syllabification: ki‧ki‧mo‧ra

Noun

kikimora f

(Slavic mythology) kikimora

Declension

Declension of kikimora

	singular	plural
nominative	kikimora	kikimory
genitive	kikimory	kikimor/kikimór
dative	kikimorze	kikimorom
accusative	kikimorę	kikimory
instrumental	kikimorą	kikimorami
locative	kikimorze	kikimorach
vocative	kikimoro	kikimory

Further reading

kikimora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кики́мора (kikímora).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kikiˈmoɾa/ [ki.kiˈmo.ɾa]
Rhymes: -oɾa
Syllabification: ki‧ki‧mo‧ra

Noun

kikimora f (plural kikimoras)

(mythology, folklore) kikimora

See also

domovói

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