silă

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sila"

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic сила (sila), from Proto-Slavic *sila (“force, power, strength”). Compare Aromanian silã, Bulgarian сила (sila), Serbo-Croatian sila.

Pronunciation

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Noun

silă f (plural sile)

1. disgust, loathing, abhorrence, hatred, aversion, antipathy, revulsion, dislike, ill-will, (deep) grudge

   Synonyms: dezgust, ură, aversiune, antipatie, repulsie, scârbă

2. constraint, pressure, obligation

   Synonym: constrângere

3. (dated) force, violence

   Synonyms: forță, violență

4. (archaic) force, power, strength

   Synonyms: forță, putere

5. (archaic) armed force, army

   Synonyms: armată, oaste

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	silă	sila		sile	silele
genitive-dative	sile	silei		sile	silelor
vocative	silă, silo			silelor