God bless you en · INTJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you. A clause in the present subjunctive inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of it. Diachronically it is not a shortening; synchronically it is often surface-analyzed as such; present-day English has a heavy need for the modal auxiliary (may) to ensure syntactic clarity, whereas earlier English could more easily drop it.
Meanings
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May God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient; usually religiously; sometimes nonliterally but rhetorically or culturally.
You got that whole area cleaned up in one day? God bless you! I'll buy your coffee today!
“But she will be gained by some one else. And if that some one should be the very he whom, of all others, I could least bear—But I will not stay to rob myself of all your compassionate good-will, by shewing that where I have most injured I can least forgive. Good bye,—God bless you!” And with these words, he almost ran out of the room.
1811, [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 185–186:I heard you helped them with clearing away the downed tree. God bless you! The Lord provides!
- Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response; alternative form of bless you.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| God bless you ! | canonical | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
God love someone · God-bless · goodbye
Synonyms
God bless · bless you · God be with you
Translations (103)
el γείτσες (said to somebody who has sneezed) · sw Mungu akubariki (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · nb prosit (said to somebody who has sneezed) · es gesúndeit (said to somebody who has sneezed) · pt saúde (said to somebody who has sneezed) · pl niech cię Bóg błogosławi (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · et Jumal õnnistagu sind (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · cs Bůh ti žehnej (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · ml ദൈവം നിന്നെ അനുഗ്രഹിക്കട്ടെ (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · pl szczęść Boże (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · ru будь здоро́в (said to somebody who has sneezed) · de Gesundheit! (said to somebody who has sneezed) · tl pagpalain ka ng Diyos (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · ar بَارَكَ اللّٰه فِيكَ (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · sv Gud välsigne dig (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · ro sănătate! (said to somebody who has sneezed) · is Guð blessi þig (said to somebody who has sneezed) · tr tanrı seni kutsasın (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · cmn 上帝保佑你 (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · ar حَيَّاك اللّٰه (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · scn gisuzzu (said to somebody who has sneezed) · scn salutamu (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · hy առողջություն (said to somebody who has sneezed) · nl proost! (said to somebody who has sneezed) · fi Jumala siunatkoon sinua (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · de Gott segne dich (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · tr Allah senden razı olsun (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · zdj Mngu nahuɓariki (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · nl God zegene jou (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · el ευλογημένος να ’σαι (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · hi ईश्वर आपका भला करे (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · hu áldjon meg az Isten (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · nl God zegene u (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · eo sanon (said to somebody who has sneezed) · scn Gisuzzu (said to somebody who has sneezed) · scn Dìu t'a-binidica (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · ja 神様の祝福 (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · ru будь здоро́ва (said to somebody who has sneezed) · hu egészségére (said to somebody who has sneezed) · cmn 一百歲 /一百岁 (said to somebody who has sneezed) · tk sabyr et (said to somebody who has sneezed) · it salute! (said to somebody who has sneezed) · ur یَرْحَمَکُم اَللّٰہ (said to somebody who has sneezed) · cy bendith y Tad (said to somebody who has sneezed) · fr à tes souhaits (said to somebody who has sneezed) · fr à vos souhaits (said to somebody who has sneezed) · pl na zdrowie (said to somebody who has sneezed) · ak Awurade nhyira wo (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · es ¡santinos! (said to somebody who has sneezed) · cy rhad arnoch chi (said to somebody who has sneezed) · nb Gud velsigne deg (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · eo Dio benu vin (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · hu áldja meg az Isten (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · it Dio ti benedica (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · sh Бог те благословио (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · ota تسمیت (said to somebody who has sneezed) · sa मङ्गलं भूयात् (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · nl gezondheid! (said to somebody who has sneezed) · sv prosit (said to somebody who has sneezed) · ca Jesús! (said to somebody who has sneezed) · ga bail ó Dhia ort (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · taa bet'oxwdiɬt'a neghw nighwniyh (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · cy rhad arnat ti (said to somebody who has sneezed) · de Gottes Segen (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · es ¡salud! (said to somebody who has sneezed) · tr çok yaşa (said to somebody who has sneezed) · tr çok yaşayın (said to somebody who has sneezed) · zdj rahmakAllah (said to somebody who has sneezed) · is Guð blessi þig (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · da Gud velsigne dig (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · yi צו געזונט (said to somebody who has sneezed) · ga Dia linn (said to somebody who has sneezed) · ga go mbeannaí Dia duit (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · pt Deus te abençoe (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · la Deus tē benedīcat (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · cs na zdraví (said to somebody who has sneezed) · zdj Mngu nahudjaze kheri (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · ar بَارَكَ اللّٰه فِيكِ (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · scn s'a-binidica (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · es ¡que Dios te bendiga! (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · nv nikʼeh hojidlį́į doo (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · ru да благослови́т тебя́ госпо́дь (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · el να ’σαι καλά (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · fr que Dieu te bénisse (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · bo དཀོན་མཆོག་མཁྱེན (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · ru бу́дьте здоро́вы (said to somebody who has sneezed) · hu egészségedre (said to somebody who has sneezed) · da prosit (said to somebody who has sneezed) · he לִבְרִיאוּת (said to somebody who has sneezed) · ru да благослови́т тебя́ бог (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · scn saluti (said to somebody who has sneezed) · es ¡Jesús! (said to somebody who has sneezed) · mk Го́спод да ве благо́слови (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · fi terveydeksi (said to somebody who has sneezed) · yi אַסותא (said to somebody who has sneezed) · cy Duw a fenditho di (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · sh Bog te blagoslovio (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · ro Dumnezeu să te binecuvânteze! (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · mk на здра́вје (said to somebody who has sneezed) · sk na zdravie (said to somebody who has sneezed) · sl na zdravje (said to somebody who has sneezed) · pam pakaluwiran na kang Diyos (said as a short prayer for the recipient) · bg наздраве (said to somebody who has sneezed)