Either from the verb blestema or from a Vulgar Latin root *blastemium, from blasphemium, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin blasphemia. Compare Italian bestemmia, Old French blastenge, Old Occitan blastenh, Aromanian blãstem. Compare also blasfemie, a possible doublet.
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blestem n (plural blesteme)
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | blestem | blestemul | blesteme | blestemele | |
| genitive-dative | blestem | blestemului | blesteme | blestemelor | |
| vocative | blestemule | blestemelor | |||
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