благой

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic благъ (blagŭ). Displaced the inherited East Slavic form, from Proto-Slavic *bolgъ (good).

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Adjective

благо́й (blagój) (no comparative)

  1. (stilted, ecclesiastic or poetic) good
    Synonym: хоро́ший (xoróšij)
    Благи́ми наме́рениями вы́мощена доро́га в ад.
    Blagími namérenijami výmoščena doróga v ad.
    The road to hell is paved with good intentions

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “благой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress