bless

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , of uncertain origin, possibly from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬. More at. Equivalent to +.

Verb

 * 1) To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
 * 2) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
 * 3) To invoke divine favor upon.
 * 4) To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
 * 5) To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
 * 6)  To wave; to brandish.
 * 7)  To turn (a reference) into an object.
 * 8)  To secure, defend, or prevent from.
 * 9)  To give or send.
 * 10)  To approve of or assent to.
 * After those modifications, the Board blessed the reorganization plan.
 * 1)  To turn (a reference) into an object.
 * 2)  To secure, defend, or prevent from.
 * 3)  To give or send.
 * 4)  To approve of or assent to.
 * After those modifications, the Board blessed the reorganization plan.
 * 1)  To approve of or assent to.
 * After those modifications, the Board blessed the reorganization plan.
 * 1)  To approve of or assent to.
 * After those modifications, the Board blessed the reorganization plan.
 * 1)  To approve of or assent to.
 * After those modifications, the Board blessed the reorganization plan.
 * 1)  To approve of or assent to.
 * After those modifications, the Board blessed the reorganization plan.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: seën
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: ባረከ
 * Arabic: بَارَكَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: بارك
 * Aragonese: bendicir
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: bendicir
 * Basque: bedeinkatu
 * Belarusian: бласлаўля́ць, благаславі́ць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:, požehnat
 * Danish: velsigne, signe
 * Dutch:
 * Elfdalian: welsingen
 * Esperanto: beni
 * Estonian: õnnistama
 * Faroese: vælsigna, signa
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French: beneïr
 * Friulian: benedî, binidî
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ლოცვა
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽, 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: εὐλογέω, μακαρίζω
 * Greenlandic: pilluaqquaa
 * Haitian Creole: beni
 * Hebrew: בירך
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: blessa
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: siunata, slaavia
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kabuverdianu: abensua, abênsua, bensuá
 * Kazakh: жарылқау
 * Khmer: ប្រទានពរ
 * Korean:
 * Latin: benedīcō
 * Latvian: svētīt
 * Luxembourgish: seenen
 * Macedonian: благословува, благослови
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maltese: bierek
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Norman: béni
 * Northern Sami: buressivdnidit
 * Norwegian:, signa, blessa
 * Persian: برکت دادن
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua: ch'allay
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: benedir, banadir, banadeir
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: благосло̀вити
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: binidìciri, a-binidìciri
 * Slovak: žehnať, požehnať
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: blesi, bresi, seigi
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: อวยพร
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese: chúc phúc,, ban phúc
 * Welsh:
 * Zazaki: teqdis kerden, mıbarek kerden

Etymology 2
An ellipsis for an expression such as.

Etymology
Presumably a clipping related to the greeting, compare English.

Interjection

 * 1) goodbye, bye

Related terms

 * blessaður!
 * sæll og blessaður!
 * sæll og blessaður!

Etymology
From, from , from.

Verb

 * 1) to