клѧтва

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

Derived terms

  • клѧтвьнъ (klętvĭnŭ)
  • лихоклѧтва (lixoklętva)

Descendants

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

Further reading

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