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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Calque of Old Polish dalibóg. By surface analysis, univerbation of да (da) + ли (li) + богъ (boh). First attested in 1493.
Interjection
далибогъ • (daliboh)
- upon my word
Descendants
Further reading
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “далибогъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 7 (гляденье – девичество), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 235
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “далебі”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka