- дай Боже(daj Bože) —alternative letter-case form
Literally,“let [this happen], God”. ComparePolishdaj Boże,Serbo-Croatianдај Боже /daj Bože, andSlovakdaj Bože.
- IPA(key): [ˈdaj ˈbɔʒɛ]
- Hyphenation:дай бо‧же
дайбоже (daj bože)
- God willing
- Antonym:нє дай боже(nje daj bože)
- Near-synonyms:кед Бог да(ked Boh da),дал би Бог(dal bi Boh)
- The form with all-lower-caseбоже(bože) seems to be more common in writing.
- дай боже(daj bože) is generally used when someone is cheering up someone else and is trying to manifest that a certain desired thing happens, whereasкед Бог да(ked Boh da) may be used of oneself. Following Serbo-Croatian tradition, it may also be used just before drinking strong alcohol or liquor.