English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Russian ле́ший (léšij).
leshy (plural leshies)
- (Slavic mythology) A male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests.
Translations[edit]
a woodland spirit in Slavic mythology
- Azerbaijani: Ağac kişi
- Belarusian: ле́шы m (ljéšy), лясу́н m (ljasún), лесаві́к m (ljesavík)
- Bulgarian: лесни́к m (lesník), ле́сий m (lésij), лесови́к m (lesovík), леша́н m (lešán)
- Carpathian Rusyn: лїсови́к m (ljisovýk)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 萊西／莱西 (zh) (láixī)
- Czech: lesní mužík m, lešij m (of a Russian leshy)
- French: liéchi m
- German: Schrat (de) m, Waldschrat (de) m
- Japanese: レーシー (rēshī)
- Kazakh: леший (leşii)
- Komi-Permyak: вӧрись (vöriś)
- Korean: 레시 (resi)
- Latvian: mežainis m
- Lithuanian: miškinis m
- Macedonian: лесник m (lesnik)
- Old East Slavic: лѣшии m (lěšii)
- Persian: لشی (leši)
- Polish: leszy (pl) m, leśnik (pl) m, laskowiec m, borowy (pl) m, lasowy (pl) m, gajowy (pl) m
- Russian: ле́ший (ru) m (léšij), лесови́к (ru) m (lesovík), лесово́й (ru) m (lesovój), лесу́н m (lesún), леша́к (ru) m (lešák), лесно́й дух m (lesnój dux)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ле̑шиј m, лесо̀вӣк m, лесник m
- Roman: lȇšij (sh) m, lesòvīk (sh) m, lesnik m
- Slovak: lesný mužík m
- Tatar: шүрәле (tt) (şüräle)
- Ukrainian: лісови́к m (lisovýk), гайови́к m (hajovýk), лісови́й (uk) m (lisovýj)
- Yakut: лиэһэй (liehey)
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