засилье
Russian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- заси́лие (zasílije)
Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1876 (The Well-Meant Speeches by M. Saltykov-Shchedrin). From dialectal засилить (zasilitʹ, “to noose (a bird); to tie to”) + -ье (-ʹje), from за- (za-) + си́лить (sílitʹ, “to net; to force”), from си́ла (síla). Compare with Belarusian засі́лле (zasíllje), Ukrainian заси́лля (zasýllja).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]заси́лье • (zasílʹje) n inan (genitive заси́лья, nominative plural заси́лья, genitive plural заси́лий)
- harmful domination (of someone or something somewhere), stranglehold
- (dialectal) power, force
Declension
[edit]Declension of заси́лье (inan neut-form vowel-stem accent-a)
Related terms
[edit]- си́ла f (síla)
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