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 somebody 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)