клевета

Macedonian

Noun

клевета (kleveta) f

  1. slander, calumny, aspersion, libel

Inflection


Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Uncertain.

Usually compared with Proto-Slavic *klьvati (to peck, pick (of a bird)), which was supported by Vasmer.

However Preobrazhenskiy pointed to semantic differences while Trubachev claimed a deverbal noun from such a thematic verb would have been **klьvota (like зевота) and proposed a better comparison with dialectal Czech kleviti(se) (to gossip) and Arkhangelsk dialectal Russian клевить (klevitʹ, to tease, pester).

Noun

клевета (kleveta) f

  1. slander, defamation

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic клевета (kleveta), see above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [klʲɪvʲɪˈta]

Noun

клевета́ (klevetá) f inan (genitive клеветы́, nominative plural клеветы́, genitive plural клеве́т)

  1. slander, calumny, aspersion, libel

Declension

Synonyms


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klěʋeta/
  • Hyphenation: кле‧ве‧та

Noun

клѐвета f (Latin spelling klèveta)

  1. slander, calumny

Declension

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