Synonyms: split, rend
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /kliːv/ |
| Hyphenation | cleave |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑒𐑤𐑰𐑝 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) cleave | (I) cleft |
| (thou) cleavest | (thou) cleftst, cleftest |
| (he) cleaves, cleaveth | (he) cleft |
| (we) cleave | (we) cleft |
| (you) cleave | (you) cleft |
| (they) cleave | (they) cleft |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) cleave | (I) cleft |
| (thou) cleave | (thou) cleft |
| (he) cleave | (he) cleft |
| (we) cleave | (we) cleft |
| (you) cleave | (you) cleft |
| (they) cleave | (they) cleft |
| Imperative mood | |
| cleave | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| cleaving | cleft |
| Catalan | esberlar |
|---|---|
| Czech | rozštípnout; rozštěpit; štípat |
| Danish | spalte |
| Dutch | klieven; doorklieven; kloven; splijten |
| English (Old English) | cleofan |
| Esperanto | fendi |
| Faeroese | klúgva |
| French | fendre |
| German | spalten; zerspalten; durchschneiden |
| Italian | fendere |
| Portuguese | fender; partir; rachar |
| Saterland Frisian | kleeuwe; sköäre |
| Spanish | hender; rajar |
| Swedish | klyva |
| Thai | ผ่า |
| West Frisian | spjalte; splite |
| Yiddish | שפּאַלטן |