блаженъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

благъ (blagŭ) +‎ -ьнъ (-ĭnŭ)

Adjective

блаженъ (blaženŭ)

  1. blessed

Old East Slavic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɑˈʑɛnʊ//blaˈʑɛnʊ//blaˈʑɛːn/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /blɑˈʑɛnʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /blaˈʑɛnʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /blaˈʑɛːn/

  • Hyphenation: бла‧же‧нъ

Adjective

блаженъ (blaženŭ)

  1. blessed
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 1:
      блажени бо[·] речѣ: испꙑтаюштии съвѣдѣниꙗ ѥго· вьсѣмь срдцьмь въꙁиштуть ѥго·
      blaženi bo[·] rečě: ispytajuštii sŭvěděnija jego· vĭsěmĭ srdcĭmĭ vŭzištutĭ jego·
      For blessed ones, he said, the ones who have felt his knowledge, will search for him with all of their hearts.

Declension

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “блаженꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 110