благословити

From благо (blago, “good”) +‎ слово (slovo, “word”) +‎ -ити (-iti), a calque of Ancient Greek ἐυλογεῖν (eulogeîn).^[1][2]

благословити • (blagosloviti) impf or pf

1. bless

From бла̏госло̄в (“blessing”).

• IPA^(key): /blaɡoslǒʋiti/
• Hyphenation: бла‧го‧сло‧ви‧ти

благосло̀вити pf (Latin spelling blagoslòviti)

1. (transitive) to bless

• благосли́вљати, благоси́љати, благоси́вати, благоси́вљати impf

• “благословити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic благословити (blagosloviti), a calque of Ancient Greek ἐυλογεῖν (eulogeîn). By surface analysis, бла́го (bláho, “good”) +‎ сло́во (slóvo, “word”) +‎ -и́ти (-ýty).^[1] Compare Russian благослови́ть (blagoslovítʹ), Belarusian благаславі́ць (blahaslavícʹ).

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благослови́ти • (blahoslovýty) pf (imperfective благословля́ти or благослови́ти)

1. to bless
2. to give one's blessing to

благослови́ти • (blahoslovýty) impf (perfective благослови́ти)

1. (rare) Synonym of благословля́ти impf (blahoslovljáty)

• благослови́тися impf (blahoslovýtysja)

• беатифікува́ти impf or pf (beatyfikuváty)
• освя́чувати impf (osvjáčuvaty), освяти́ти pf (osvjatýty)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “благословити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “благословити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• “благословити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “благословити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “благословити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)