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		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		kùnēm / kùnem	kùnēš / kùneš	kùnē / kùne	kunémo / kùnēmo / kùnemo	kunéte / kùnēte / kùnete	kùnū
future	future I	klȇt ću1 kléću	klȇt ćeš1 kléćeš	klȇt će1 kléće	klȇt ćemo1 kléćemo	klȇt ćete1 kléćete	klȇt ćē1 kléće
	future II	bȕdēm klȅo2	bȕdēš klȅo2	bȕdē klȅo2	bȕdēmo kléli / klȇli2	bȕdēte kléli / klȇli2	bȕdū kléli / klȇli2
past	perfect	klȅo sam2	klȅo si2	klȅo je2	kléli / klȇli smo2	kléli / klȇli ste2	kléli / klȇli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam klȅo2	bȉo si klȅo2	bȉo je klȅo2	bíli smo kléli / klȇli2	bíli ste kléli / klȇli2	bíli su kléli / klȇli2
	aorist	klȇh	klȇ	klȇ	klésmo	kléste	kléše
	imperfect	kùnijāh / kùnjāh	kùnijāše / kùnjāše	kùnijāše / kùnjaše	kùnijāsmo / kùnjāsmo	kùnijāste / kùnjāste	kùnijāhū / kùnijāhu / kùnjāhū / kùnjāhu
conditional	conditional I	klȅo bih2	klȅo bi2	klȅo bi2	kléli / klȇli bismo2	kléli / klȇli biste2	kléli / klȇli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih klȅo2	bȉo bi klȅo2	bȉo bi klȅo2	bíli bismo kléli / klȇli2	bíli biste kléli / klȇli2	bíli bi kléli / klȇli2
imperative		—	kùni	—	kùnimo	kùnite	—
active past participle		klȅo m / kléla / klȇla f / klélo / klȇlo n			kléli / klȇli m / kléle / klȇle f / kléla / klȇla n
passive past participle		klȇt m / klȇta f / klȇto n			klȇti m / klȇte f / klȇta 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