blagosloviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From blȁgoslōv (“blessing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaɡoslǒʋiti/
• Hyphenation: bla‧go‧slo‧vi‧ti

Verb

blagoslòviti pf (Cyrillic spelling благосло̀вити)

1. (transitive) to bless

Conjugation

Conjugation of blagosloviti

infinitive		blagosloviti
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		blagoslòvīvši
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		blagoslovim	blagosloviš	blagoslovi	blagoslovimo	blagoslovite	blagoslove
future	future I	blagoslovit ću1 blagosloviću	blagoslovit ćeš1 blagoslovićeš	blagoslovit će1 blagosloviće	blagoslovit ćemo1 blagoslovićemo	blagoslovit ćete1 blagoslovićete	blagoslovit ćē1 blagoslovićē
	future II	bȕdēm blagoslovio2	bȕdēš blagoslovio2	bȕdē blagoslovio2	bȕdēmo blagoslovili2	bȕdēte blagoslovili2	bȕdū blagoslovili2
past	perfect	blagoslovio sam2	blagoslovio si2	blagoslovio je2	blagoslovili smo2	blagoslovili ste2	blagoslovili su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam blagoslovio2	bȉo si blagoslovio2	bȉo je blagoslovio2	bíli smo blagoslovili2	bíli ste blagoslovili2	bíli su blagoslovili2
	aorist	blagoslovih	blagoslovi	blagoslovi	blagoslovismo	blagosloviste	blagosloviše
conditional	conditional I	blagoslovio bih2	blagoslovio bi2	blagoslovio bi2	blagoslovili bismo2	blagoslovili biste2	blagoslovili bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih blagoslovio2	bȉo bi blagoslovio2	bȉo bi blagoslovio2	bíli bismo blagoslovili2	bíli biste blagoslovili2	bíli bi blagoslovili2
imperative		—	blagoslovi	—	blagoslovimo	blagoslovite	—
active past participle		blagoslovio m / blagoslovila f / blagoslovilo n			blagoslovili m / blagoslovile f / blagoslovila n
passive past participle		blagoslovljen m / blagoslovljena f / blagoslovljeno n			blagoslovljeni m / blagoslovljene f / blagoslovljena n

¹   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
²   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
³   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
⁴   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

• blagoslívljati, blagosíljati, blagosívati, blagosívljati impf

References

• “blagosloviti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic благословити (blagosloviti), itself a calque of Latin benedīcō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaɡɔslɔʋìːti/, /blaɡɔslɔʋíːti/
• Hyphenation: bla‧go‧slo‧ví‧ti

Verb

blagoslovīti pf

1. to bless
   • 1884, P. Evstahij Ozimek, Cvetje z vertov sv. Frančiška, Gorizia, pages 98–99:

     Ako pa hoče podariti kedo tak križ komu drugemu, ki si sam ne more iskati zanj blagoslova, ga mora dati blagosloviti ne zase, temuč za tistega, ki mu ga je namenil.

     If one wants to give such a cross to someone else who cannot seek blessing themselves, one must have it blessed not for himself, but for the one for which it is meant.

2. to wish luck

   Bog te blagoslovi! ― I wish you luck!

3. (rare) to be happy for^[→SSKJ]

Conjugation

Class IV, accentual type III (accent is directly before the endings), perfective

Infinitive blagoslovīti (i-ti)

Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts)		blagoslovīti
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial)		blagoslovīt, blagoslovȉt
Supine		blagoslovīt
l-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	blagoslȏvił, blagoslovíl[acc?]	blagoslovíla	blagoslovȋlo
dual	blagoslovȋla	blagoslovȋli	blagoslovȋli
plural	blagoslovȋli	blagoslovȋle	blagoslovȋla
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	blagoslovljȅn	blagoslovljéna	blagoslovljéno
dual	blagoslovljéna	blagoslovljéni	blagoslovljéni
plural	blagoslovljéni	blagoslovljéne	blagoslovljéna
š-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	–	–	–
dual	–	–	–
plural	–	–	–
adverbial š-participle		–
True gerund		blagoslovljénje
Objectified gerund		–

Present stem blagoslovímm (i-m)

Present indicative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	blagoslovímm	blagoslovímva, blagoslovímma	blagoslovímmo
2nd person	blagoslovímš	blagoslovímta, blagoslovímsta	blagoslovímte, blagoslovímste
3rd person	blagoslovím	blagoslovímta, blagoslovímsta	blagoslovímjo
Imperative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	blagoslóvi	blagoslovȋva, blagoslovȋma	blagoslovȋmo
2nd person	blagoslóvi	blagoslovȋta	blagoslovȋte
3rd person	blagoslóvi	blagoslovȋta	–
č-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	–	–	–
dual	–	–	–
plural	–	–	–
adverbial participles
č-participle		–
e-participle		–

Derived terms

• blagoslávljati
• blagoslȍv
• blagosloviti zakon

Further reading

• “blagosloviti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “blagosloviti”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references