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God bless you

God bless you interjection: may God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient; usually religiously; sometimes nonliterally but rhetorically or culturally.

Interjection

  1. May God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient; usually religiously; sometimes nonliterally but rhetorically or culturally.
    • I heard you helped them with clearing away the downed tree. God bless you! The Lord provides!
    • You got that whole area cleaned up in one day? God bless you! I'll buy your coffee today!
  2. Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response; alternative form of bless you.

God bless you meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Sanskrit

God bless you in Hindi

said as a short prayer for the recipient
ईश्वर आपका भला करे īśvar āpkā bhalā kare

God bless you in Urdu

said to somebody who has sneezed
یَرْحَمَکُم اَللّٰہ yarhamakum allāh

God bless you in Malayalam

said as a short prayer for the recipient
ദൈവം നിന്നെ അനുഗ്രഹിക്കട്ടെ daivaṁ ninne anugrahikkaṭṭe

God bless you in Sanskrit

said as a short prayer for the recipient
मङ्गलं भूयात् maṅgalaṃ bhūyāt
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God bless you in Tagalog
pagpalain ka ng Diyos
God bless you in Arabic
حَيَّاك اللّٰه ḥayyāk allāh, بَارَكَ اللّٰه فِيكَ bāraka llāh fīka, بَارَكَ اللّٰه فِيكِ bāraka llāh fīki

Synonyms of God bless you

Origin of God bless you

From Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you. A clause in the present subjunctive inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of it. Diachronically it is not a shortening; synchronically it is often surface-analyzed as such; present-day English has a heavy need for the modal auxiliary (may) to ensure syntactic clarity, whereas earlier English could more easily drop it.

Words formed from God bless you

Questions about God bless you

What does God bless you mean?
God bless you means may God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient; usually religiously; sometimes nonliterally but rhetorically or culturally.
What is God bless you in Hindi?
God bless you in Hindi is ईश्वर आपका भला करे (īśvar āpkā bhalā kare). See God bless you meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is God bless you?
God bless you is an interjection.

Words near God bless you in the dictionary

  1. God bless America
  2. God bless someone's cotton socks
  3. God bless the Duke of Argyle
  4. God bless the Duke of Argyll
  5. God bless the mark
  6. God bless you
  7. God botherer
  8. God botherers
  9. God boy
  10. God boys
  11. God class

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