благословить

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic благословити (blagosloviti), probably a loan translation of Ancient Greek ἐυλογεῖν (eulogeîn). Synchronically analyzable as бла́го (blágo, good) + -о- (-o-) + сло́во (slóvo, word) + -и́ть (-ítʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bləɡəslɐˈvʲitʲ]
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Verb

благослови́ть (blagoslovítʹ) pf (imperfective благословля́ть)

  1. (religion) to bless
  2. (colloquial) to give one's blessing, to give permission

Conjugation

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