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
- oath
- curse
Declension
Declension of клѧтва (hard a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | клѧтва klętva | клѧтвѣ klętvě | клѧтвꙑ klętvy |
| Accusative | клѧтвѫ klętvǫ | клѧтвѣ klętvě | клѧтвꙑ klętvy |
| Genitive | клѧтвꙑ klętvy | клѧтвоу klętvu | клѧтвъ klętvŭ |
| Locative | клѧтвѣ klętvě | клѧтвоу klętvu | клѧтвахъ klętvaxŭ |
| Dative | клѧтвѣ klętvě | клѧтвама klętvama | клѧтвамъ klętvamŭ |
| Instrumental | клѧтвоѭ klętvojǫ | клѧтвама klętvama | клѧтвами klętvami |
| Vocative | клѧтво klętvo | клѧтвѣ klętvě | клѧтвꙑ klętvy |
Derived terms
- клѧтвьнъ (klętvĭnŭ)
- лихоклѧтва (lixoklętva)
Descendants
- Bulgarian: клетва (kletva)
- Russian: клятва (kljatva)
- Serbo-Croatian: kletva
Further reading
- Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “клѧтва”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 286