strigă

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See also: striga, Striga, strigã, and štriga

Romanian

strigă

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin strīga, from strix, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx).

Noun

strigă f (plural strigi)

  1. barn owl (An owl of the genus Tyto)
  2. an evil spirit or ghost
  3. (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 ; 9 years 500 bowings a day.
      The woman who poisons shall repent until her death; 10.000 bowings a day.
      The witch 7 years 400 bowings .
  4. a death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos)
Declension
Declension of strigă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative strigă striga strigi strigile
genitive-dative strigi strigii strigi strigilor
vocative strigă, strigo strigilor
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Verb

strigă

  1. inflection of striga:
    1. third-person singular/plural present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative