благодетель

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic благодѣтел҄ь (blagodětelʹĭ), itself a calque of εὐεργέτης. By surface analysis, бла́го (blágo) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ деть (detʹ) +‎ -тель (-telʹ).

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Noun

благоде́тель (blagodételʹm anim (genitive благоде́теля, nominative plural благоде́тели, genitive plural благоде́телей, feminine благоде́тельница)

  1. benefactor

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