верабоже

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak verabože. By surface analysis, univerbation of вера (vera, particle) +‎ боже (bože).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɛraˈbɔʒɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔʒɛ
  • Hyphenation: ве‧ра‧бо‧же

Interjection

верабоже (verabože)

  1. oh my God, my God (chiefly in religious swearing and oaths)
  2. I swear to God, honest to God
    Synonym: насправди (naspravdi)
    • 2018 August 25, Ясмина Дюранїн, “А шерцо у петох”, in Руске Слово‎[1]:
      Раз ме так настрашел же сом, верабоже, уж рушела ґу шветлу на концу тунела… Маґарец.
      Raz me tak nastrašel že som, verabože, už rušela gu švetlu na koncu tunela… Magarec.
      Once it scared me so much that, I swear to God, I was already moving towards the light at the end of the tunnel… Donkey.
    • 2018 September 23, Ясмина Дюранїн, “ПАПЕР(ИЦ)”, in Руске Слово‎[2]:
      Ґу тому, нє мож го анї прегнуц як треба, верабоже, мож до ньго и дарунок запаковац.
      Gu tomu, nje mož ho anji prehnuc jak treba, verabože, mož do nʹho i darunok zapakovac.
      On top of that, you can't even fold it properly, and I swear to God, you can even wrap a gift in it.
    • 2019 August 25, Я. Дюранїн, “Метеор”, in Руске Слово‎[3]:
      Га, верабоже, аж сом и датум преверела, бо ше на нєбе нє случовало нїч под милим богом.
      Ha, verabože, až som i datum preverela, bo še na njebe nje slučovalo njič pod milim bohom.
      Oh, I swear to God, I even checked the date, because in the sky happened absolutely nothing.

Derived terms

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References

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