bliss

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Contents

1 English
2 Old English
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English bliss.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /blɪs/, SAMPA: /blIs/
Rhymes: -ɪs

[edit] Noun

bliss (countable and uncountable; plural blisses)

perfect happiness

[edit] Derived terms

terms derived from bliss (noun)

[edit] Translations

perfect happiness

Arabic: بَرَكة (ar) (baraka(t)) f., سعادة (ar)
Bulgarian: блаженство (bg) n.
Croatian: blaženstvo (hr) n.
Czech: blaženost (cs) f.
Dutch: gelukzaligheid (nl) f., verrukking (nl) f.
Finnish: onni (fi), autuus (fi)
French: béatitude (fr) f., félicité (fr) f., béatitude (fr) f., félicité (fr) f.
German: Glückseligkeit
Hindi: आनन्द (hi) (aanand) m.

Italian: beatitudine (it)
Old Church Slavonic: блажєньство (blaženĭstvo) n.
Old English: ēad (ang) n.
Persian: (fa), (fa) (سعادت)
Romanian: beatitudine (ro) f., euforie (ro) f., extaz (ro) n.
Russian: блаженство (ru) n.
Slovene: blaženost (sl) f.
Spanish: éxtasis, euforía
Swedish: lycksalighet (sv) c., lycka (sv) c.

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From bliðs, from Proto-Germanic *blīþisjō, from *blīþiz (“gentle, kind”) + -tjo. see blithe.

[edit] Noun

bliss f.

joy

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