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[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

What's the meaning of "Да здравствует?" Literally I know it means "Yes Hello," but I've seen this in both the CCCP Anthem (Да здравствует созданный волей народов) and on a poster depicting Red Oktober (Да здравствует всемирный красный октябрь). Anyone want to dwell in Russian history for me?

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[kippie.livejournal.com]

'Long live'

[sascetta.livejournal.com]

it is used in slogans like an exclamation. Like "Gloria!", "Vivat!"...
Sorry for my English. :)))

[grajo-che.livejournal.com]

Yep, "Vivat!"& "Long live!", it's just the same
And don't forget that "здравствуй" comes from the verb "здравствовать" (imperative) - to be well, prosper

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that makes sense... so if I was in the hospital, and someone asked me how I felt, would it be ok to say "Я здравствую?"

[kippie.livejournal.com]

It will sound like a joke :) It's better to say 'я выздоровел' or 'я здоров'.

[octavarium.livejournal.com]

"Я здоров" - this will be OK :)
because "здравствовать" - it is an old verb, noone use this word now, except slogans

[grajo-che.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's clear, I should have reckoned this

[hellga.livejournal.com]

Do you want to say "I am recovering" or "I am healthy"?

In first case, it would be "Я выздоравливаю", in second - "Я здоров(а)"

[superslayer18.livejournal.com]

I remember hearing before that even though it usually isn't, Da can also be used to mean and (though that is a very old, somewhat obsolete meaning for it)

[cema.livejournal.com]

Right: щи да каша пища наша. But in the slogan, it's a fixed phrase, "да здравствует", which is based on yet another meaning of "да".

А. С. ПУШКИН
ВАКХИЧЕСКАЯ ПЕСНЯ

Что смолкнул веселия глас?
Раздайтесь, вакхальны припевы!
Да здравствуют нежные девы
И юные жены, любившие нас!
Полнее стакан наливайте!
На звонкое дно
В густое вино
Заветные кольца бросайте!
Подымем стаканы, содвинем их разом!
Да здравствуют музы, да здравствует разум!
Ты, солнце святое, гори!
Как эта лампада бледнеет
Пред ясным восходом зари,
Так ложная мудрость мерцает и тлеет
Пред солнцем бессмертным ума.
Да здравствует солнце, да скроется тьма!

1825 (http://www.litera.ru/stixiya/authors/pushkin/chto-smolknul-veseliya.html)

[noser.livejournal.com]

This phrase actually comes from Church-Slavonic.

In C-S, "да" before a verb means "let". So, a literal translation is "let it prosper".

[spokojnik.livejournal.com]

Hail!