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

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

• 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