кед Бог да

Pannonian Rusyn

Alternative forms

  • кед бог да (ked boh da) — alternative letter-case form

Etymology

Literally, “if God wills”. Calque of Serbo-Croatian ако Бог да / ako Bog da, itself a calque from Arabic إن شاء الله (ʔin šāʔ allāh, “if God has willed [it]”). Compare Polish jak Bóg da.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛd ˈbɔɦ ˈda]
  • Hyphenation: кед Бог да

Interjection

кед Бог да (ked Boh da)

  1. (idiomatic) God willing, inshallah
    Synonym: кед будзе правда (ked budze pravda)
    Near-synonyms: дай боже (daj bože), дал би Бог (dal bi Boh)
    • 2022 May 28, М. Горняк Кухар, “Священїцке служенє то саможертва”, in Руске Слово‎[1]:
      Тераз сом на трецим року студийох, а сцем и докторовац теолоґию и кед Бог да, сцем буц оженєти священїк.
      Teraz som na trecim roku studijox, a scem i doktorovac teologiju i ked Boh da, scem buc oženjeti svjaščenjik.
      I'm now in my third year of studies, and I also want to get a doctorate in theology, and God willing, I want to be a married priest.

Usage notes

  • дай боже (daj bože) is generally used when someone is cheering up someone else and is trying to manifest that a certain desired thing happens, whereas кед Бог да (ked Boh da) may be used of oneself.

References

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