слава Ісусу Христу

Ukrainian

Etymology

Vernacular form of the Catholic salutation whose form in Latin is Laudetur Jesus Christus. Literally, “Glory to Jesus Christ”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɫaʋɐ iˈsusʊ xreˈstu]

Phrase

сла́ва Ісу́су Христу́! • (sláva Isúsu Xrystú!)

1. traditional Christian, mostly Catholic, greeting

See also

• слава навіки! (slava naviky!, “typical answer to the greeting: in saecula saeculorum!”, literally “glory forever!”)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сла́ва”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka