благодарить

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic благодарити (blagodariti). By surface analysis, бла́го (blágo) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ дари́ть (darítʹ).

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Verb

благодари́ть (blagodarítʹimpf (perfective поблагодари́ть or отблагодари́ть)

  1. to thank
    благодарю́ за внима́ниеblagodarjú za vnimánije(I) thank (you) for (your) attention
    • 1880, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава третья”, in Несмертельный Голован; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Deathless Golovan, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Должно́ быть, его́ сове́ты бы́ли о́чень хороши́, потому́ что всегда́ их слу́шали и о́чень его́ за них благодари́ли.
      Dolžnó bytʹ, jevó sovéty býli óčenʹ xoroší, potomú što vsegdá ix slúšali i óčenʹ jevó za nix blagodaríli.
      His advice must have been very good, because people always listened to it and thanked him very much.

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