God bless you

English Etymology From en enm God blesse you, enm God blisse you. A clause in the present subjunctive inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of it. diachrony Diachronically it is not a shortening; synchrony synchronically it is often surface-analyzed as such; present-day English has a heavy need for the modal auxiliary (en may) to ensure syntactic clarity, whereas earlier English could more easily drop it. Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-God bless you.wav Southern England Interjection ! May God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction or valediction for the recipient; usually religiously; sometimes nonliterally but rhetoric rhetorically or culturally. en God bless bless you God be with you en I heard you helped them with clearing away the downed tree. God bless you! The Lord provides! en You got that whole area cleaned up in one day? God bless you! I'll buy your coffee today! III VIII 185–186 186 “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. Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response; en bless you 1. Derived terms en God bless ellipsis Related terms en God love someone en God-bless en goodbye Translations said as a short prayer for the recipient Akan: ak Awurade nhyira wo Arabic: ar حَيَّاك اللّٰه, ar بَارَكَ اللّٰه فِيكَ to a man, ar بَارَكَ اللّٰه فِيكِ to a woman Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 上帝保佑你 shàngdì bǎoyòu nǐ Comorian: Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Mngu nahudjaze kheri, zdj Mngu nahuɓariki Czech: cs Bůh ti žehnej Danish: da Gud velsigne dig Dutch: nl God zegene u, nl God zegene jou Esperanto: eo Dio benu vin Estonian: et Jumal õnnistagu sind Finnish: fi Jumala siunatkoon sinua French: fr que Dieu te bénisse German: de Gott segne dich, de Gottes Segen Greek: el ευλογημένος να 'σαι, el να 'σαι καλά Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Ñandejára tanderovasa, gug Ñandejára tapenderovasa Hindi: hi ईश्वर आपका भला करे Hungarian: hu áldja meg az Isten formal, hu áldjon meg az Isten informal Icelandic: is Guð blessi þig Irish: ga bail ó Dhia ort, ga go mbeannaí Dia duit Italian: it Dio ti benedica Japanese: ja 神様の祝福 かみさまのしゅくふく, kamisama no shukufuku Kapampangan: pam pakaluwiran na kang Diyos Latin: la Deus tē benedīcat Lower Tanana: taa bet'oxwdiɬt'a neghw nighwniyh Macedonian: mk Го́спод да ве благо́слови p Malayalam: ml ദൈവം നിന്നെ അനുഗ്രഹിക്കട്ടെ Maltese: mt Navajo: nv nikʼeh hojidlį́į doo Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Gud velsigne deg Polish: pl niech cię Bóg błogosławi, pl szczęść Boże Portuguese: pt Deus te abençoe Romanian: ro Dumnezeu să te binecuvânteze! Russian: ru да благослови́т тебя́ госпо́дь, ru да благослови́т тебя́ бог da blagoslovít tebjá box (change тебя́ -> вас for formal) Sanskrit: sa मङ्गलं भूयात् Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Бог те благословио Latin: sh Bog te blagoslovio Sicilian: scn Dìu t'a-binidica, scn s'a-binidica, scn salutamu Spanish: es ¡que Dios te bendiga! Swahili: sw Mungu akubariki Swedish: sv Gud välsigne dig Tagalog: tl pagpalain ka ng Diyos Tibetan: bo དཀོན་མཆོག་མཁྱེན Turkish: tr Allah senden razı olsun, tr tanrı seni kutsasın Welsh: cy Duw a fenditho di said to somebody who has sneezed Arabic: ar صِحَّة health, ar يَرْحَمْكُم اللّٰه Allah have mercy on you, ar يَرْحَمْكُم mercy on you Armenian: hy առողջություն Bulgarian: bg наздраве Catalan: ca Jesús Jesús! Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 一百歲 yībǎi suì Comorian: Ngazidja Comorian: zdj rahmakAllah Czech: cs na zdraví Danish: da prosit Dutch: formal form nl gezondheid!, informal form nl proost! Esperanto: eo sanon Finnish: fi terveydeksi French: fr à vos souhaits formal form, fr à tes souhaits (informal form) German: de Gesundheit! Greek: diminutive of plural form of el υγεία health el γείτσες f-p Hebrew: he לִבְרִיאוּת livri'út Hungarian: hu egészségére formal, hu egészségedre informal Icelandic: is Guð blessi þig Irish: ga Dia linn Italian: it salute! Japanese: ja 徳万歳 とこまんざい, tokomanzai a common Japanese expression generally used to wish a person blessings as a response to a sneeze. Macedonian: mk на здра́вје Norwegian: Bokmål: nb prosit Polish: pl na zdrowie Portuguese: pt saúde Romanian: ro sănătate! Russian: ru будь здоро́в to a man, ru будь здоро́ва to a woman, ru бу́дьте здоро́вы formal singular or plural Sicilian: scn Gisuzzu/scn gisuzzu, scn saluti Slovak: sk na zdravie Slovene: sl na zdravje Spanish: Spain es Jesús ¡Jesús!, Latin America es salud ¡salud!, Northern Spain specifically Asturias es santinos ¡santinos!, es gesúndeit Swedish: sv prosit Tamil: ta நூறாயிசு (May you have) a lifespan of hundred years Turkish: informal singular tr çok yaşa, formal plural tr çok yaşayın Ottoman Turkish: ota تسمیت tesmit Turkmen: tk sabyr et Urdu: ur یَرْحَمَکُم اَللّٰہ Welsh: cy rhad arnat ti informal, cy rhad arnoch chi formal, cy bendith y Tad Yiddish: yi צו געזונט, yi אַסותא asuse en responses to sneezing sentences subjunctive expressions