blago

See also: Blago, благо, and благо-

Esperanto

Etymology

From French blague.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaɡo/

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• Hyphenation: bla‧go
• Rhymes: -aɡo

Noun

blago (accusative singular blagon, plural blagoj, accusative plural blagojn)

1. jocular lie; act of pulling someone's leg
2. nonsense

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Old Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin baculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaɡo/

Noun

blago m (plural blagos)

1. rod, staff, walking stick
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 6r.

     viola iuda cubierta e nola cónoçio. E cuedo q́ era putana. E dixol ẏaz comẏgo ¬ dẏxo ella q́ me daras. Acordaró ſe q́l dieſſe uncabrito e diol pénos ſo anẏello. Ela cinta q́ cinnẏa. E el blago q́ tenẏa. en su mano.

     Judah saw her covered and did not recognize her, and he assumed she was a prostitute. And he said to her, “Lay with me”, and she replied, “What will you give me?” They agreed he would give her a young goat, and he pledged her his ring and his girdle and the staff he had in his hand.

   • Idem, f. 23r.

     Sacco moẏſen todos los blagos auiſta de fijos de iſrł. dixo el nŕo ſeńor amoẏſen Torna elblago de aaró delant el teſtamét por guardo lo por ſenal a fijos de isrł ¬ q́dar ſe an ſus q́rellas de ſobre mj e nó morá

     Moses brought out all the staffs in view of of the children of Israel. Our Lord said to Moses, “Put Aaron's staff in front of the Testimony to keep as a sign for the children of Israel, and they will hold back their complaints against me, and they will not die.”

Descendants

• Spanish: blago

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From adjective blag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blâːɡo/
• Hyphenation: bla‧go

Adverb

blȃgo (Cyrillic spelling бла̑го)

1. mildly, gently

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blâɡo/
• Hyphenation: bla‧go

Interjection

blȁgo (Cyrillic spelling бла̏го)

1. (exclamation, dative) expressing satisfaction, encouragement or congratulation about something that has just occurred or was heard from the interlocutor; good for you, good on you

   blago tebi!

   good for you!

Etymology 3

From Proto-Slavic *bolgo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blâːɡo/
• Hyphenation: bla‧go

Noun

blȃgo n (Cyrillic spelling бла̑го)

1. treasure
2. cattle
3. wealth

Declension

Declension of blago

	singular	plural
nominative	blago	blaga
genitive	blaga	blaga
dative	blagu	blagima
accusative	blago	blaga
vocative	blago	blaga
locative	blagu	blagima
instrumental	blagom	blagima

Derived terms

• Blago (Благо)
• Blagoje (Благоје)
• Blagojević (Благојевић, “Blagoyevich”)

 

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bolgo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaɡóː/

Noun

blagọ̑ n

1. goods
2. textile, fabric
3. (archaic) property
4. (western) cattle

Inflection

The plural can be either the regular neuter blága or the masculine blagôvi.

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	blago
gen. sing.	blaga
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	blago	blagi	blaga
genitive (rodȋlnik)	blaga	blag	blag
dative (dajȃlnik)	blagu	blagoma	blagom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	blago	blagi	blaga
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	blagu	blagih	blagih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	blagom	blagoma	blagi

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “blago”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran