strigă
Appearance
Romanian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Latin strīga, from strix, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx).
Noun
[edit]strigă f (plural strigi)
- barn owl (An owl of the genus Tyto)
- an evil spirit or ghost
- (archaic, regional) witch
- 1640, Pravila de la Govora:
- Muiarea ce va fermeca striini și pre ai ei; ai 9 metanii cinci sute în zi.
Muiarea otrăvitóre pănă la mórtea ei să se pocăiască; și metanie câte un tunérec într'o zi.
Striga în 7 ai; și metanie 400.- The woman who shall bewitch strangers and her own [kind]; [shall repent for] 9 years [and perform] 500 bowings a day.
The woman who poisons shall repent until her death; [and perform] 10.000 bowings a day.
The witch [shall repent for] 7 years [and perform] 400 bowings [a day].
- The woman who shall bewitch strangers and her own [kind]; [shall repent for] 9 years [and perform] 500 bowings a day.
- a death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | strigă | striga | strigi | strigile | |
genitive-dative | strigi | strigii | strigi | strigilor | |
vocative | strigă, strigo | strigilor |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]strigă
- inflection of striga:
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- Romanian lemmas
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- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian feminine nouns
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- Romanian non-lemma forms
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- ro:Occult
- ro:Owls
- ro:Moths