Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klętva

Verbal noun of *klęti (“to swear”) +‎ *-tva.

*klętva f[1]

1. curse, imprecation

   Synonym: *proklętьje

2. oath, vow

   Synonyms: *prisęga, *rota, *obětъ

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• *klętьba (“curse”)
• *klętьje (“damnation, execration”)
• *klętъ (“cursed, damned”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: клꙗтва (kljatva)
    • Belarusian: кля́тва (kljátva)
    • Russian: кля́тва (kljátva)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: клѧтва (klętva)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⰾⱔⱅⰲⰰ (klętva)

  • Bulgarian: кле́тва (klétva)
  • Macedonian: клетва (kletva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кле̑тва

    Latin script: klȇtva

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: klatva, kletva
  • Polish: klątwa

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klętva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 39
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “клятва”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клетва”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 441