клеть

• клѣть (klětʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klětь.

• IPA^(key): [klʲetʲ]

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клеть • (kletʹ) f inan (genitive кле́ти, nominative plural кле́ти, genitive plural кле́тей, diminutive клету́шка)

1. (dated) the log walls framing and enclosing a room; cribbing

   Synonym: сруб (srub)

2. (dated) closet, larder, storeroom (a type of unheated storage room or small storage building in a traditional Russian architecture)
3. (mining) cage