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Phrase
Happy Easter
- An expression used during Easter to wish someone a happy time.
Usage notes
In most traditionally Christian countries, there is a ritual religious greeting, called a Paschal greeting, that is commonly heard at Easter: some variation of "Christ is risen!", to which one responds "He is risen indeed!". In English this is rarely used as a greeting by strangers outside of a church setting. Happy Easter! is a more secular, less religiously loaded greeting, and is used much more commonly in English-speaking countries. Many Eastern European languages do not have an equivalent to "Happy Easter!", and the paschal greeting is used instead.
Translations
an expression used during Easter
- Albanian: Gëzuar Pashkët
- Arabic: عِيدُ فِصْح سَعِيد (ʿīdu fiṣḥ saʿīd), فصح سعيد
- Armenian: Քրիստոս հարյավ ի մեռելոց (Kʿristos haryav i meṙelocʿ) (greeting), օրհնյալ է հարությունը Քրիստոսի (ōrhnyal ē harutʿyunə Kʿristosi) (reply)
- Belarusian: Хрысто́с уваскро́с! (Xrystós uvaskrós!) (greeting), Сапраўды́ ўваскро́с! (Sapraŭdý ŭvaskrós!) (reply)
- Bulgarian: Христо́с възкре́се! (Hristós vǎzkrése!) (greeting), Наи́стина възкре́се! (Naístina vǎzkrése!) (reply)
- Catalan: Bona Pasqua
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 復活節快樂！, 复活节快乐！ (Fùhuójié kuàilè!)
- Czech: Veselé Velikonoce
- Danish: Glædelig Påske
- Dutch: vrolijk Pasen, zalig Pasen
- Esperanto: Bonan Paskon
- Estonian: häid lihavõttepühi
- Faroese: gleðiligar páskir
- Finnish: hyvää pääsiäistä
- French: joyeuses Pâques (fr)
- Galician: Feliz Páscoa
- Georgian: ქრისტე აღსდგა (ka) (krisṭe aɣsdga)
- German: frohe Ostern (de)
- Greek: Καλό Πάσχα (Kaló Páscha), Χριστός ἀνέστη! (Christós ἀnésti!) (greeting), Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! (Ἀlithῶs ἀnésti!) (reply)
- Hindi: हैप्पी ईस्टर! (haippī īsṭar!)
- Hungarian: kellemes húsvétot
- Icelandic: gleðilega páska (is)
- Indonesian: Selamat Paskah
- Italian: buona Pasqua (it), felice Pasqua
- Japanese: よい復活祭を (yoi Fukkatsu-sai-o), ハッピーイースター！ (happī īsutā !)
- Javanese: ꦮꦶꦭꦸꦗꦁ ꧘ꦱꦑꦃ (wilujeng Paskah)
- Latin: felix Pascha
- Latvian: Priecĩgus Lieldienas svẽtkus
- Lithuanian: linksmų Velykų
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- Low German:
- German Low German: frohe Oostern
- Luxembourgish: Frou a geseent Ouschteren
- Macedonian: Хри́стос во́скресе! (Hrístos vóskrese!) (greeting), Нави́стина во́скресе! (Navístina vóskrese!) (reply)
- Maltese: L-Għid it-Tajjeb
- Norman: Jouaiyeux Pâques (Guernsey)
- Norwegian: God Påske
- Occitan: Bònei Pascas
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: Хрїстóсъ воскрéсе! (Xristósŭ voskrése!) (greeting), Вои́стину воскре́се! (Voístinu voskrése!) (reply)
- Persian: جشن پسح پیروز (ِDjæschn e Pesæh Piruz)
- Polish:
- Wesołych Świąt (for both Christmas and Easter)
- Wesołych Świąt Wielkanocnych, Wesołych Świąt Wielkiej Nocy
- Wesołego Alleluja
- Portuguese: feliz páscoa
- Romanian:
- Hristos a înviat (greeting), Adevărat a înviat (reply)
- Paște Fericit (literally)
- Russian:
- Све́тлой Па́схи (Svétloj Pásxi)
- Христо́с воскре́с(е) (Xristós voskrés(e)) (greeting), Вои́стину воскре́с(е) (Voístinu voskrés(e)) (reply)
- Счастли́вой Па́схи (Sčastlívoj Pásxi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Христос васкрсе (greeting), Ваистину васкрсе (reply), Сретан Ускрс
- Roman: (greeting) Hristos vaskrse, (reply) Vaistinu vaskrse, Sretan Uskrs
- Slovak: veselú Veľkú noc
- Spanish: Felices Pascuas
- Swedish: glad påsk (sv)
- Turkish: mutlu paskalyalar
- Ukrainian: Христо́с Воскре́с (Xrystós Voskrés), Воі́стину воскре́с! (Voístynu voskrés!) (reply)
- Welsh: Pasg Hapus
- Yiddish: אַ פֿריילעכן פּסח (a freylekhn peysekh)
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