благоѫханиѥ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From благъ (blagŭ, good) +‎ ѫханиѥ (ǫxanije, smell), from ѫхати (ǫxati, to smell), from Proto-Slavic *ǫxàti. Calque of Ancient Greek εὐωδίᾱ (euōdíā).

Noun

благоѫханиѥ • (blagoǫxanijen

  1. fragrance

Declension

Declension of благоѫханиѥ (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative благоѫханиѥ
blagoǫxanije


genitive благоѫханиꙗ
blagoǫxanija


dative благоѫханию
blagoǫxaniju


accusative благоѫханиѥ
blagoǫxanije


instrumental благоѫханиемь
blagoǫxanijemĭ


locative благоѫхании
blagoǫxanii


vocative благоѫханиѥ
blagoǫxanije


Descendants

  • Macedonian: благоухание (blagouhanie) (learned)
  • Russian: благоуха́ние (blagouxánije)

References

  • благоѫханиѥ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
  • Havlová, Eva, editor (1990), “blagъ”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 2 (blagъ – dělo), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 64