dryad

English - Turkish

Definition of dryad in English Turkish dictionary: orman perisi; orman peri; (isim) orman perisi
Dryad'lar: (Mitoloji) Ormanlarda yaşayan ağaç perileri. Hayatları ağaca bağlıydı. Ağaç çürüdüğü yada kesildiği zaman bunlarında hayatları son bulurdu

English - English

Definition of dryad in English English dictionary: In Greek myth, a female tree spirit; {n} a wood nymph; a female spirit who lives in a tree, in ancient Greek stories (from drys ). or hamadryad In Greek mythology, tree nymphs. Dryads were originally the spirits of oak trees (drys: "oak"), but the name was later applied to all tree nymphs. They were nature spirits who took the form of beautiful young women, and it was believed that they lived only as long as the trees they inhabited; A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree; {i} tree nymph (Greek Mythology); a deity or nymph of the woods
A dryad: dryas
dryads: plural of dryad

dryad

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dry·ad

[ 'drI-&d, -"ad ] (noun.) 14th century. From Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- (“tree, or, wood”).

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