клети

Serbo-Croatian

/klêːti/, /klêːtiː/

verb

Definitions

(transitive) to curse (place a curse upon)
(intransitive) to curse, swear (use offensive language)
(reflexive) to swear (take an oath)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klęti.

Origin

Proto-Slavic

*klęti

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

клясть Russian
kląć Polish
*klęti Proto-Slavic
kletba Czech
klít Czech
kleti Serbo-Croatian
заклети Serbo-Croatian
проклети Serbo-Croatian
уклети Serbo-Croatian
клѧти Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
klěś Lower Sorbian