блаженный

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic блаженъ (blaženŭ), passive participle of блажити (blažiti), from Proto-Slavic *bolžiti, from *bolgo or *bolgъ, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [blɐˈʐɛnːɨj]
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Adjective

блаже́нный (blažénnyj) (comparative (по)блаже́ннее or (по)блаже́нней, superlative блаже́ннейший)

  1. blissful
  2. (church) beatified, saint
    собо́р Василия Блаженного
    sobór Vasilija Blažennovo
    St. Basil's Cathedral (in Red Square, Moscow)
  3. (as a noun) "God's fool", holy fool (idiot believed to possess the gift of prophecy)

Declension

Derived terms

  • блаже́нненький (blažénnenʹkij)
  • блаже́нно (blažénno)
  • блаже́нность f (blažénnostʹ)
  • блаже́нство n (blažénstvo)
  • присноблаже́нный (prisnoblažénnyj)
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