клевета

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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kleveta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

клевета (klevetaf (relational adjective клеветен)

  1. slander, calumny, aspersion, libel

Declension

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kleveta.

Usually compared with Proto-Slavic *klьvati (to peck, pick (of a bird)), which was supported by Vasmer. However Preobrazhenskiy pointed to semantic differences while Trubachev claimed a deverbal noun from such a thematic verb would have been **klьvota (like зевота) and proposed a better comparison with dialectal Czech kleviti(se) (to gossip) and Arkhangelsk dialectal Russian клевить (klevitʹ, to tease, pester).

Noun

клевета (klevetaf

  1. slander, defamation

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic клевета (kleveta), from Proto-Slavic *kleveta.

Pronunciation

Noun

клевета́ (klevetáf inan (genitive клеветы́, nominative plural клеветы́, genitive plural клеве́т)

  1. slander, calumny, aspersion, libel
    Synonyms: диффама́ция f (diffamácija), поклёп m (pokljóp), наве́т m (navét), нагово́р m (nagovór), огово́р m (ogovór)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kleveta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klěʋeta/
  • Hyphenation: кле‧ве‧та

Noun

клѐвета f (Latin spelling klèveta)

  1. slander, calumny
  2. (law) defamation, libel

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