strajă

See also: straja, Straja, Strajă, and stråjă

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic стража (straža), from Proto-Slavic *storža. Compare Serbo-Croatian straža.

Noun

strajă f (plural străji) (archaic)

1. watch (act of guarding)
2. watchman, guard
3. watch (post of a watchman)
4. watch (period when guarding is kept)
5. guard (of a sword)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	strajă	straja		străji	străjile
genitive-dative	străji	străjii		străji	străjilor
vocative	strajă, strajo			străjilor

Synonyms

• (act of guarding): pază
• (watchman): paznic, străjer, gardian

Derived terms

• străjer
• străjui