клеть

Russian

Alternative forms

• клѣть (klětʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klětь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [klʲetʲ]

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Noun

клеть • (kletʹ) f inan (genitive кле́ти, nominative plural кле́ти, genitive plural кле́тей, diminutive клету́шка)

1. (dated) the log walls framing and enclosing a room; cribbing

   Synonym: сруб (srub)

2. (dated) closet, larder, storeroom (a type of unheated storage room or small storage building in a traditional Russian architecture)
3. (mining) cage

Declension

Declension of клеть (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	кле́ть klétʹ	кле́ти kléti
genitive	кле́ти kléti	кле́тей klétej
dative	кле́ти kléti	кле́тям klétjam
accusative	кле́ть klétʹ	кле́ти kléti
instrumental	кле́тью klétʹju	кле́тями klétjami
prepositional	кле́ти kléti	кле́тях klétjax
locative	клети́ kletí