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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech klatva, klátva, kletva, klétva, klatba, from Proto-Slavic *klętva, from *klęti + *-tva. Equivalent to klít + -tba.
Pronunciation
Noun
kletba f
- curse (supernatural detriment)
- Synonym: prokletí
Declension
Declension of kletba (hard feminine reducible)
Further reading
- “kletba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kletba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kletba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)