не даждь богъ

Old Church Slavonic

Interjection

не даждь богъ • (ne daždĭ bogŭ)

1. (idiomatic, subjunctive) God forbid, indicating that the eventuality is both unlikely and undesirable
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2003-2004:

     се же глаголѭ не хоулѧ чрьньчьства, не даждь богъ

     se že glagoljǫ ne xulę črĭnĭčĭstva, ne daždĭ bogŭ

     By saying this I do not criticize monkhood, god forbid!

Descendants

• Bulgarian: да не дава Господ (da ne dava Gospod)
• Macedonian: не дај Боже (ne daj Bože), Macedonian: чувај Боже (čuvaj Bože), Macedonian: Бог да чува! (Bog da čuva!)
• Serbo-Croatian: не дај Боже, Serbo-Croatian: Боже сачувај
• Russian: не дай Бог (ne daj Bog), Russian: Боже упаси (Bože upasi)
• Polish: Broń Boże! Polish: Nie daj Bóg!, Polish: Niech Pan Bóg broni!
• Czech: chraňbůh