blestem

Romanian

Etymology

Either from the verb blestema or from a Vulgar Latin root *blastemium, from blasphemium, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin blasphemia. Compare Italian bestemmia, Old French blastenge, Old Occitan blastenh, Aromanian blãstem. Compare also blasfemie, a possible doublet.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

blestem n (plural blesteme)

1. curse

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	blestem	blestemul		blesteme	blestemele
genitive-dative	blestem	blestemului		blesteme	blestemelor
vocative	blestemule			blestemelor

Verb

blestem

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of blestema