# благословити
## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

From благо (blago, “good”) +‎ слово (slovo, “word”) +‎ -ити (-iti), a calque of Ancient Greek ἐυλογεῖν (eulogeîn).

### Verb

благословити • (blagosloviti) impf or pf
* bless

#### Descendants

* Bulgarian: благославям (blagoslavjam)
* Russian: благослови́ть (blagoslovítʹ)
* Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: благословити
    Latin script: blagoslòviti
* Slovene: blagoslovīti (tonal orthography)
* Polish: błogosławić
* Ukrainian: благослови́ти (blahoslovýty)
* Non-Slavic:
** → Romanian: blagoslovi

### References

* ↑ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “благословить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “благословити”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From бла̏госло̄в (“blessing”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blaɡoslǒʋiti/
* Hyphenation: бла‧го‧сло‧ви‧ти

### Verb

благосло̀вити pf (Latin spelling blagoslòviti)
* (transitive) to bless

#### Related terms

* благосли́вљати, благоси́љати, благоси́вати, благоси́вљати impf

### References

* “благословити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic благословити (blagosloviti), a calque of Ancient Greek ἐυλογεῖν (eulogeîn). By surface analysis, бла́го (bláho, “good”) +‎ сло́во (slóvo, “word”) +‎ -и́ти (-ýty). Compare Russian благослови́ть (blagoslovítʹ), Belarusian благаславі́ць (blahaslavícʹ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɫɐɦɔsɫɔˈʋɪte]
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### Verb

благослови́ти • (blahoslovýty) pf (imperfective благословля́ти or благослови́ти)
* to bless
* to give one's blessing to

#### Derived terms

* благослове́ння n (blahoslovénnja)
* благослови́тися pf (blahoslovýtysja)
* благослові́ння n (blahoslovínnja)

### Verb

благослови́ти • (blahoslovýty) impf (perfective благослови́ти)
* (rare) Synonym of благословля́ти impf (blahoslovljáty)

#### Derived terms

* благослови́тися impf (blahoslovýtysja)

### See also

* беатифікува́ти impf or pf (beatyfikuváty)
* освя́чувати impf (osvjáčuvaty), освяти́ти pf (osvjatýty)

### References

* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “благословити”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “благословити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “благословити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
* “благословити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “благословити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “благословити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)