Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/daďь bože
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From *daďь (“give”, first-person singular imperative) + *bȍgъ (“god”).
Interjection
*dàďь bože[1]
- God willing
- Antonym: *ne dàďь bože
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: даи богъ (dai bogŭ)
- Belarusian: да́й бо́жа (dáj bóža)
- Ukrainian: дазь Біг (dazʹ Bih), дазь-бі (dazʹ-bi), дасть-бі (dastʹ-bi)
- Russian: дай бог (daj bog), даст бог (dast bog); да́жбо (dážbo) (dialectal)
- Old East Slavic: даи богъ (dai bogŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дай Боже (daj Bože)
- Macedonian: дај Боже (daj Bože)
- West Slavic:
- ⇒ Czech: dejž to bůh
- Pannonian Rusyn: дай боже (daj bože), дайбоже (dajbože)
- Polish: daj Boże
- Sorbian:
- ⇒ Lower Sorbian: daj Bog gluku
References
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “dati”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 353