blestema
Moldavian
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to curse; to shame
- (transitive) to damn
- (intransitive) to swear; to blaspheme
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *blastēmāre, blasphēmō derived from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (slander, I speak ill of, I slander).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βλασφημέω
Gloss
slander, I speak ill of, I slander
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *blastimāre Latin
- *blastēmāre Latin
- *blastēmō Latin
- blasphemo Latin
- blasphēmia Latin
- blasphēmāre Latin
- blasphēmō Latin
- bestemmiare Italian
- bestemmiatore Italian
- bestemmiatrice Italian
- blâmer French
- lastimar Spanish, Castilian
- βλάσφημος Ancient Greek
- βλασφημέω Ancient Greek
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- lastimar Portuguese
- blame Old French
- blasfemer Old French
- blasmer Old French
- blastengier Old French
- βλαστήμια Greek (modern)
- blasfemeren Middle Dutch
- blastim Aromanian
- blestemâ Friulian
- blasmar Old Occitan
- jastimari Sicilian
- giastemâ Ligurian
- bas'ciamà Istriot