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bagiennik

bagiennik noun: a Slavic monster or demon that lives in lakes or rivers, which produces a hot liquid from its nostrils that can burn victims, but which also has healing powers.

Noun

bagiennik (plural bagienniks)

  1. A Slavic monster or demon that lives in lakes or rivers, which produces a hot liquid from its nostrils that can burn victims, but which also has healing powers.
    • The bagiennik's black teeth shone with water. He slid nearer, moving like a water-snake.2020, Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch
    • There's a Bagiennik or two sleeping under the ice in the lake.2020, Uncanny Magazine Issue 36, page 126

Forms of bagiennik

pluralbagienniks

Origin of bagiennik

Borrowed from Polish bagiennik.

Questions about bagiennik

What does bagiennik mean?
Bagiennik means a Slavic monster or demon that lives in lakes or rivers, which produces a hot liquid from its nostrils that can burn victims, but which also has healing powers.
What part of speech is bagiennik?
Bagiennik is a noun.
What is the plural of bagiennik?
The plural of bagiennik is bagienniks.

Words near bagiennik in the dictionary

  1. baghrir
  2. baghrirs
  3. baghs
  4. bagi
  5. bagie
  6. bagiennik
  7. bagienniks
  8. bagies
  9. Bagillt
  10. Baginski
  11. Baginskis

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