засилье

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Russian

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

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 (zasílʹjen inan (genitive заси́лья, nominative plural заси́лья, genitive plural заси́лий)

  1. harmful domination (of somebody or something somewhere), stranglehold
  2. (dialectal) power, force

Declension

[edit]
[edit]