kleti

See also: kletí, kléti, klēti, and klētī

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklɛcɪ]

Participle

kleti

1. animate masculine plural passive participle of klít

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klęti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klêːti/
• Hyphenation: kle‧ti

Verb

klȇti impf (Cyrillic spelling кле̑ти)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of kleti

Infinitive: kleti		Present verbal adverb: kùnūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		kunem	kuneš	kune	kunemo	kunete	kunu
Future	Future I	klet ću1 kleću	klet ćeš1 klećeš	klet će1 kleće	klet ćemo1 klećemo	klet ćete1 klećete	klet će1 kleće
	Future II	bȕdēm kleo2	bȕdēš kleo2	bȕdē kleo2	bȕdēmo kleli2	bȕdēte kleli2	bȕdū kleli2
Past	Perfect	kleo sam2	kleo si2	kleo je2	kleli smo2	kleli ste2	kleli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam kleo2	bȉo si kleo2	bȉo je kleo2	bíli smo kleli2	bíli ste kleli2	bíli su kleli2
	Aorist	kleh	kle	kle	klesmo	kleste	kleše
	Imperfect	kunijah	kunijaše	kunijaše	kunijasmo	kunijaste	kunijahu
Conditional I		kleo bih2	kleo bi2	kleo bi2	kleli bismo2	kleli biste2	kleli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih kleo2	bȉo bi kleo2	bȉo bi kleo2	bíli bismo kleli2	bíli biste kleli2	bíli bi kleli2
Imperative		—	kuni	—	kunimo	kunite	—
Active past participle		kleo m / klela f / klelo n			kleli m / klele f / klela n
Passive past participle		klet m / kleta f / kleto n			kleti m / klete f / kleta n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. 3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. 4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.   *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

• pròklēti
• ùklēti
• zàklēti

Related terms

• klȇtva

Further reading

• “kleti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “kleti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

Deverbative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klêːtiː/
• Hyphenation: kle‧ti

Adjective

klȇtī (Cyrillic spelling кле̑тӣ)

1. damned

Declension

Declension of kleti

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		kleti	kleta	kleto
genitive		kletog(a)	klete	kletog(a)
dative		kletom(u/e)	kletoj	kletom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	kleti kletog(a)	kletu	kleto
vocative		kleti	kleta	kleto
locative		kletom(e/u)	kletoj	kletom(e/u)
instrumental		kletim	kletom	kletim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		kleti	klete	kleta
genitive		kletih	kletih	kletih
dative		kletim(a)	kletim(a)	kletim(a)
accusative		klete	klete	kleta
vocative		kleti	klete	kleta
locative		kletim(a)	kletim(a)	kletim(a)
instrumental		kletim(a)	kletim(a)	kletim(a)

Further reading

• “kleti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025