strajă

Romanian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, cf. Serbo-Croatian straža, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *storža.

Noun

strajă f (plural străji) (archaic)

1. watch (act of guarding)
2. watchman, guard
3. watch (post of a watchman)
4. watch (period when guarding is kept)
5. guard (of a sword)

Declension

Declension of strajă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) strajă	straja	(niște) străji	străjile
genitive/dative	(unei) străji	străjii	(unor) străji	străjilor
vocative	strajă, strajo		străjilor

Synonyms

• (act of guarding): pază
• (watchman): paznic, străjer, gardian

Derived terms

• străjer
• străjui