Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

благъ (blagŭ) +‎ -ьнъ (-ĭnŭ)

Adjective edit

блаженъ (blaženŭ)

  1. blessed

Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /blɑˈʑɛnʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /blaˈʑɛnʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /blaˈʑɛːn/
  • Hyphenation: бла‧же‧нъ

Adjective edit

блаженъ (blaženŭ)

  1. blessed
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik[1], page 1:
      блажени бо[·] речѣ: испꙑтаюштии съвѣдѣниꙗ ѥго· вьсѣмь срдцьмь въꙁиштуть ѥго·
      blaženi bo[·] rečě: ispytajuštii sŭvěděnija jego· vĭsěmĭ srdcĭmĭ vŭzištutĭ jego·
      For blessed ones, he said, the ones who have felt his knowledge, will search for him with all of their hearts.

Declension edit

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “блаженꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 110