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russian word

physical strength, power of the body in Russian: сила

nounfemlevel B1#140 by frequency

every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum

У него совсем нет сил. He has no strength at all.

Она изо всех сил толкнула тяжёлую дверь. She pushed the heavy door with all her strength.

Сила ветра ломала деревья. The force of the wind was breaking trees.

Новый закон вступает в силу с понедельника. The new law comes into force on Monday.

What does сила mean in Russian?

01

physical strength, power of the body

У него совсем нет сил.

He has no strength at all.

Она изо всех сил толкнула тяжёлую дверь.

She pushed the heavy door with all her strength.

02

force, power (physical or abstract)

Сила ветра ломала деревья.

The force of the wind was breaking trees.

Новый закон вступает в силу с понедельника.

The new law comes into force on Monday.

Declension of сила

Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.

singularplural
nomсиласилы
genсилысил
datсилесилам
accсилусилы
insсилой / силоюсилами
prepсилесилах