oath

English

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Etymology

From Middle English ooth, oth, ath, from Old English āþ (“oath”), from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz (“oath”), from Proto-Indo-European *oyt- (“oath”). Cognate with Scots aith, athe (“oath”), North Frisian ith, iss (“oath”), West Frisian eed (“oath”), Dutch eed (“oath”), German Eid (“oath”), Swedish ed (“oath”), Icelandic eið (“oath”), Latin ūtor (“use, employ, avail”), Old Irish óeth (“oath”).

Pronunciation

Noun

oath (plural oaths)

A solemn pledge or promise to a god, king, or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract
- 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 3.
  for they made Ocean and Tethys the parents of creation, and described the oath of the gods as being by water,
the affirmed statement or promise accepted as equivalent to an oath
A light or insulting use of a solemn pledge or promise to a god, king or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract the name of a deity in a profanity, as in swearing oaths
a curse
(law) An affirmation of the truth of a statement.

Derived terms

Related terms

bloody oath (Australian slang)
fucken oath (Australian slang)

Translations

solemn pledge

Afrikaans: eed (af)
Albanian: be (sq)
Arabic: قسم (ar) (qásam) m
Armenian: երդում (hy) (erdum)
Belarusian: прысяга (be) (prysjáha) f , клятва (be) (kljátva) f
Bulgarian: клетва (bg) (klétva) f
Catalan: jurament (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 誓詞 (cmn), 誓词 (cmn) (shìcí)
Czech: přísaha (cs) f
Danish: ed (da) c
Dutch: eed (nl) m
Esperanto: ĵuro (eo)
Faroese: eiður (fo) m
Finnish: vala (fi)
French: serment (fr) m
Friulian: ğur, ğurament
German: Eid (de) m, Schwur (de) m
Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (aiþs) m
Greek: όρκος (el) (órkos) m
Hebrew: שבועה (he) (shvooah) f
Hindi: शपथ (hi) (śapath), सौगन्द (hi) (saugand)
Hungarian: eskü (hu)
Icelandic: eiður (is) m
Italian: giuramento (it) m
Japanese: 誓い (ja) (ちかい, chikai), 誓約 (ja) (せいやく, seiyaku)
Korean: 맹세 (ko) (maengse)
Kurdish: sond (ku) f, êqîn (ku) f, qesem (ku) f, soz (ku), سوێن (ku)

Latin: iūrāmentum (la) n, sacramentum (la) n, fides (la) m
Luxembourgish: Eed (lb) m
Macedonian: заклетва (mk) (zákletva) f
Norwegian: ed (no) m
Nynorsk: eid (nn) m
Occitan: jura (oc)
Old English: āþ (ang) m
Old Norse: eiðr m
Polish: przysięga (pl) f
Portuguese: juramento (pt) m, promessa (pt) f
Romanian: jurământ (ro), legământ (ro)
Romansch: engirament (rm), güramaint (rm), angiramaint (rm), saramaint (rm)
Russian: присяга (ru) (prisjága) f , клятва (ru) (kljátva) f
Sanskrit: शपथ (sa) (śapatha)
Sardinian: giura (sc) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: заклетва (sh) f, присега (sh) f

Roman: zakletva (sh), prisega (sh) f
Slovak: prísaha (sk) f
Slovene: prisega (sl) f
Spanish: juramento (es) m
Swedish: ed (sv) c
Telugu: ప్రమాణం (te) (pramaaNaM)
Turkish: ant (tr), yemin (tr)
Ukrainian: присяга (uk) (prysjáha) f , клятва (uk) (kljátva) f
Urdu: حلف (ur) (halaf), شپتھ (ur) (śapath)
Yiddish: שבֿועה (yi) (shvue) f

affirmed statement

Armenian: երդում (hy) (erdum)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 誓言 (cmn) (shìyán)
Czech: přísaha (cs) f, slib (cs) m
Dutch: eed (nl) m
Finnish: lupaus (fi)
German: Eid (de) m
Greek: όρκος (el) (órkos) m
Italian: giuramento (it) m
Japanese: 宣誓 (ja) (せんせい, sensei)
Kurdish: soz (ku) f, ehd (ku) f
Macedonian: заклетва (mk) (zákletva) f

Norwegian: ed (no) m
Polish: klątwa (pl)
Portuguese: juramento (pt) m
Russian: клятва (ru) (kljátva) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: заклетва (sh) f, присега (sh) f

Roman: zakletva (sh) f, prisega (sh) f
Slovak: prísaha (sk) f
Slovene: prisega (sl) f
Swahili: kiapo (sw)
Swedish: ed (sv) c
Telugu: ప్రమాణం (te) (pramaaNaM)

profanity

Armenian: անեծք (hy) (aneçk’) , նզովք (hy) (nzovk’) , հայհոյանք (hy) (hayhoyank’)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 罵人話 (cmn), 骂人话 (cmn) (màrénhuà), 罵人 (cmn), 骂人 (cmn) (màrén)
Faroese: eiður (fo) m, illbøn (fo) f
Finnish: kirosana (fi)
French: juron (fr) m
German: Fluch (de) m
Italian: bestemmia (it) f

Japanese: わいせつ (ja) (waisetsu)
Kurdish: dijûn (ku) f, xeber (ku) f, sixêf (ku) f
Macedonian: пцост (mk) (pcost) f, пцовка (mk) (pcóvka) f
Russian: проклятие (ru) (prokljátije) n , ругательство (ru) (rugátelʹstvo) n , мат (ru) (mat) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: псовка (sh) f

Roman: psovka (sh) f
Swedish: ed (sv) c, svordom (sv) c

curse — see curse

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