strigă

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. a death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos)

Declension

Declension of strigă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) strigă	striga	(niște) strigi	strigile
genitive/dative	(unei) strigi	strigii	(unor) strigi	strigilor
vocative	strigă, strigo		strigilor

Derived terms

• strigoi
• strigoaică

Related terms

• striga

See also

• cucuvea
• vrăjitoare

Etymology 2

Verb

strigă

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