by God

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Ellipsis of a full oath of the form "I swear by God that ...".

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَٱللّٰهِ (wal-lāhi) — oath
• Finnish: Jumalan kautta — oath
• Finnish: Jumalan nimeen — oath
• French: pardieu — oath
• Galician: por Deus — oath
• Galician: par Deus — oath
• Greek: μα τω Θεώ (ma to Theó) — oath
• Dari: وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh) — oath
• Iranian Persian: وَٱللّٰه (val-lâh) — oath
• Polish: na Boga — oath
• Punjabi: قسمِ خدا (qasam-e-xudā) — oath
• Russian: ей-бо́гу (jej-bógu) — oath
• Spanish: por Dios — oath
• Swahili: wallahi — oath
• Turkish: vallahi — oath
• Urdu: وَاللّٰہ (vāllāh) — oath
• Azerbaijani: vallah — intensifier
• Azerbaijani: ətağa — intensifier
• Azerbaijani: Quran haqqı — intensifier
• Azerbaijani: Allaha and olsun — intensifier
• Azerbaijani: var-yoxuna nəhlət — intensifier
• Finnish: totisesti — intensifier
• Galician: por Deus — intensifier
• Polish: na Boga — intensifier
• Russian: ей-бо́гу (jej-bógu) — intensifier
• Turkish: vallahi — intensifier
• Arabic: وَاللّٰه (wa-llāh) — surprise
• Chinese Mandarin: 我的天啊 (wǒ de tiān a) — surprise
• Chinese Mandarin: 上帝 (Shàngdì) — surprise
• Chinese Mandarin: 天啊 (tiān a) — surprise
• Finnish: hyvänen aika — surprise
• French: pardieu — surprise
• French: mon Dieu — surprise
• Galician: meu Deus — surprise
• Galician: par Deus — surprise
• German: mein Gott — surprise
• Greek: Θεέ μου (Theé mou) — surprise
• Greek: μνήστιτι μου κύριε (mnístiti mou kýrie) — surprise
• Japanese: なんてこった (nante kotta) — surprise
• Persian: وَاللّٰه (vallâh) — surprise
• Polish: na Boga — surprise
• Russian: бо́же мой (bóže moj) — surprise
• Spanish: por Dios — surprise
• Spanish: rediós — surprise
• Urdu: وَاللّٰہ (vāllāh) — surprise