köken: From Middle High German kobe (“shed, sty”) (modern Koben) + *holt (“goblin”), from hold (“friendly, gracious”), a euphemistic way of referring to the mischievous beings, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz (“inclined, favorable”). Related to Dutch kabouter. Typologically compare with English the good folk.
köken: Inherited from Middle French luitin (“mischievous demon”), a variation (with change of suffix) of older luiton, luitun (“marine monster”), itself an alteration (probably after Old French luitier (“to fight”)) of Old French nuiton, which itself was an alteration (after nuit (“night”)) of Old French netun (“marine monster, in rivers and seas”), from Latin Neptunus (“the god Neptune”). Doublet of…
a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents · goblin, leprechaun, gnome, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, gremlin, hobgoblin · charisma (the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm)
çekim: çoğul duendes
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish duen de casa (“master of the house”). Compare Sicilian donni di casa. See more at dueño.
a Ukrainian, especially one who serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
çekim: çoğul э́льфы · tamlayan э́льфа
köken: Borrowed from English elf. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós. Compare with Ukrainian ельф (elʹf). Sense 2 was derived in analogy to the use of орк (ork) referring to Russian soldiers, or Russians in general.
a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents · any small fictional humanoid, especially a mischievous or evil one · Christmas elf (an elf that assists Santa Claus with the making, wrapping, delivery, etc., of presents)
çekim: çoğul duendes
köken: Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa (“house master”).
fairy (mythical being) · storm petrel (any seabird in the family Oceanitidae or Hydrobatidae, formerly considered as one) · southern storm petrel (bird of the family Oceanitidae)
çekim: çoğul keijut · tamlayan keijun
eş: keijukainen
köken: Probably from keijua, possibly originally as a shortening of keijukainen (rather than the other way around).