нє дай боже

Pannonian Rusyn

Alternative forms

  • нє дай Боже (nje daj Bože) — alternative letter-case form
  • нєдайбоже (njedajbože) — univerbation

Etymology

Literally, “don't let [this happen], God”. Compare Polish nie daj Boże, Serbo-Croatian не дај Боже / ne daj Bože, and Slovak nedaj Bože.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲɛ ˈdaj ˈbɔʒɛ]
  • Hyphenation: нє дай бо‧же

Interjection

нє дай боже (nje daj bože)

  1. God forbid
    Synonyms: захрань боже (zaxranʹ bože), зохрань боже (zoxranʹ bože), сохрань боже (soxranʹ bože)
    Antonyms: дай боже (daj bože), кед Бог да (ked Boh da), дал би Бог (dal bi Boh)

Usage notes

  • The form with all-lower-case боже (bože) seems to be more common in writing.

Derived terms

conjunctions

References

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