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Definition 2024

Short for May God bless you; said as a short prayer for the recipient.
Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response. (see also bless you)

said as a short prayer for the recipient

Arabic: حَيَّاك اَللّٰه ‎(ḥayyāk allāh), بَارَكَ اَللّٰه فِيكَ ‎(bāraka llāh fīka) (to a woman: ... fīki)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 上帝保佑你 ‎(Shàngdì bàoyòu nǐ)
Czech: Bůh ti žehnej
Dutch: God zegene u, God zegene jou
French: que Dieu te bénisse
German: Gott segne dich
Greek: ευλογημένος να 'σαι ‎(evlogiménos na 'sai), να 'σαι καλά ‎(na 'sai kalá)
Hungarian: áldja meg az Isten (formal), áldjon meg az Isten (informal)
Icelandic: Guð blessi þig
Irish: bail ó Dhia ort, go mbeannaí Dia duit
Italian: Dio ti benedica
Japanese: 神様の祝福 ‎(かみさまのしゅくふく, kamisama no shukufuku)

Latin: Deus te benedicat
Macedonian: Го́спод да ве благо́слови pl ‎(Góspod da ve blagóslovi)
Navajo: nikʼeh hojidlį́į doo
Ngazidja Comorian: Mngu nahudjaze kheri, Mngu nahuɓariki ‎(Mngu nahubariki)
Polish: niech cię Bóg błogosławi
Portuguese: Deus te abençoe
Russian: да благослови́т тебя́ госпо́дь ‎(da blagoslovít tebjá gospódʹ), да благослови́т тебя́ бог ‎(da blagoslovít tebjá box) (change тебя́ -> вас for formal)
Sanskrit: मङ्गलं भूयात् ‎(maṅgalaṃ bhūyāt)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: Bog te blagoslovio
Spanish: ¡que Dios te bendiga!
Swedish: Gud välsigne dig
Turkish: Allah senden razı olsun, tanrı seni kutsasın
Welsh: Duw a fenditho di

said to somebody who has sneezed

Arabic: صِحَّة ‎(ṣiḥḥa) health, يَرْحَمْكُم اللّٰه ‎(yarḥamkum allāh) (may) Allah have mercy on you, يَرْحَمْكُم ‎(yarḥamkum) mercy on you
Armenian: առողջություն (hy) ‎(aṙołǰutʿyun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一百歲, 一百岁 ‎(yībǎi suì) ((live up to) 100 years)
Czech: na zdraví (cs)
Danish: prosit (da)
Dutch: (formal form) gezondheid! (nl), (informal form) proost! (nl)
Esperanto: sanon (eo)
Finnish: terveydeksi
French: à vos souhaits (fr) (formal form), à tes souhaits (fr) (informal form)
German: Gesundheit! (de)
Greek: (diminutive of plural form of υγεία (ygeía "health")) γείτσες (el) f pl ‎(geítses)
Hebrew: לבריאות
Hungarian: egészségére (hu) (formal), egészségedre (hu) (informal)
Icelandic: Guð blessi þig

Irish: Dia linn
Italian: salute! (it)
Japanese: お大事に ‎(おだいじに, o-daiji-ni) (take care)
Macedonian: на здра́вје ‎(na zdrávje)
Ngazidja Comorian: rahmakAllah
Norwegian: prosit
Polish: na zdrowie (pl)
Portuguese: saúde (pt)
Romanian: sănătate! (ro)
Russian: будь здоро́в (ru) ‎(budʹ zdoróv) (to a man), будь здоро́ва ‎(budʹ zdoróva) (to a woman), бу́дьте здоро́вы (ru) ‎(búdʹte zdoróvy) (formal singular or plural)
Slovak: na zdravie
Slovene: na zdravje
Spanish: (Spain) ¡Jesús! (es), (Latin America) ¡salud! (es), (Northern Spain, specifically Asturias) ¡santinos!, gesúndeit
Swedish: prosit (sv)
Turkish: (informal, singular) çok yaşa (tr), (formal, plural) çok yaşayın