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vrajă

spell /ˈvra.ʒə/

noun#2680 most common

Also: charm, enchantment, magic

Example sentences

Este o vrajă.
It is a spell.
Vrăjitoarea face o vrajă puternică.
The witch casts a powerful spell.
Vraja s-a rupt la miezul nopții.
The spell broke at midnight.
Prințesa a fost eliberată de vraja cea rea a vrăjitoarei.
The princess was freed from the witch's evil spell.
Puterea vrăjii a dispărut odată cu primele raze ale soarelui.
The power of the spell vanished with the first rays of the sun.
Legenda spune că doar un sărut sincer poate destrăma vrăjile străvechi țesute în adâncul pădurii.
The legend says only a sincere kiss can unravel the ancient spells woven deep in the forest.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativevrajăvrăji
Genitivevrăjivrăjilor
Accusativevrajăvrăji
Vocativevrajovrăjilor

Word family

a vrăjito bewitch, to cast a spell
vrăjitorsorcerer, wizardvrăjitoaresorceress, witch
vrăjitoriewitchcraft, sorcery
vrăjitbewitched, enchanted

Etymology

Vrajă entered Romanian from a South Slavic source, close to Bulgarian and Serbian terms for sorcery and fortune-telling. It reflects the long contact between Romanian and Slavic-speaking neighbors, which left many words for folk belief and ritual practice. The word came in as a whole unit and did not develop further inside Romanian through native prefixes or suffixes.

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