не даждь богъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Interjection

не даждь богъ (ne daždĭ bogŭ)

  1. (idiomatic, subjunctive) God forbid, indicating that the eventuality is both unlikely and undesirable
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2003-2004:
      се же глаголѭ не хоулѧ чрьньчьства, не даждь богъ
      se že glagoljǫ ne xulę črĭnĭčĭstva, ne daždĭ bogŭ
      By saying this I do not criticize monkhood, god forbid!

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