Khmer Dictionary: សីល

1. សីល ( n ) [səl, səylaʔ]   - detail »
   religious rule, precept, commandment; morality, moral conduct; virtue; grace, holiness, piety, model / good behavior, good character; specif. religious ritual to generate supernatural power
   
2. សីល ( n ) [səl, səylaʔ]   - detail »
   nature, tradition
   

1. ចាំសីល [cam sel~sǝl]
   to hold fast to a precept
   
2. ថ្ងៃសីល [tŋay sel~sǝl]
   holy day (the 8th and 15th days of the waxing moon and 8th and 15th days of the waning moon; usually days of abstinence and religious observance)
   
3. ទសសីល [tʊəh sel~sǝl]
   the ten requisites of good behavior (not to kill, not to steal, not to commit adultery, not to tell lies, not to slander, not to use harsh or impolite speech, to avoid frivolous and senseless talk, to avoid covetousness, to avoid malevolence, and to avoid heretic views)
   
4. ទ្រុស្តសីល [truh sel~sǝl]
   to be morally wicked, evil
   
5. ទ្រង់សីល [trʊəŋ sel~sǝl]
   to observe religious teachings
   
6. និច្ចសីល [nɨc sel~sǝl]
   the five constant / basic precepts (not to kill, not to steal, not to take someone else's spouse, not to lie, not to drink)
   
7. រក្សាសីល [reaksaa sel~sǝl]
   to adhere to a religious teaching or moral principle
   
8. លាសីលផ្នួស [lie sel~sǝl pnuəh]
   See:លាសឹក
9. សច្ចសីលភាព [sac~saccaʔ sel~sǝl pʰiep]
   veracity, truthfulness
   
10. សីលកថា [sel~sǝl kaʔtʰaa]
    speech / exposition on moral conduct
    

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