клѧтва

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See also: клятва

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *klętva (“a type of oath”), per Brückner derived from Proto-Slavic *kloniti (“to incline, bend”) due to touching the ground with a hand during this type of oath. By surface analysis, клѧти сѧ (klęti sę) +‎ -тва (-tva).

Per Trubachev, Old Lithuanian klentêt and Old Prussian klantemmai are borrowings from Slavic.

Noun

клѧтва • (klętva) f

  1. oath
  2. curse

Declension

Declension of клѧтва (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative клѧтва
klętva 		клѧтвѣ
klętvě 		клѧтвꙑ
klętvy
genitive клѧтвꙑ
klętvy 		клѧтвоу
klętvu 		клѧтвъ
klętvŭ
dative клѧтвѣ
klętvě 		клѧтвама
klętvama 		клѧтвамъ
klętvamŭ
accusative клѧтвѫ
klętvǫ 		клѧтвѣ
klętvě 		клѧтвꙑ
klętvy
instrumental клѧтвоѭ
klętvojǫ 		клѧтвама
klętvama 		клѧтвами
klętvami
locative клѧтвѣ
klętvě 		клѧтвоу
klętvu 		клѧтвахъ
klętvaxŭ
vocative клѧтво
klętvo 		клѧтвѣ
klętvě 		клѧтвꙑ
klętvy

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: клетва (kletva)
  • Russian: клятва (kljatva)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kletva

Further reading

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