happy Easter

happy Easter

English

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Phrase

Happy Easter

1. 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 "Truly, He is risen". 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), الْمَسِيح قَامَ‎ (al-masīḥ qāma) (greeting), حَقّاً قَامَ‎ (ḥaqqan qāma) (reply) Armenian: Քրիստոս հարյավ ի մեռելոց (Kʿristos haryav i meṙelocʿ) (greeting), օրհնյալ է հարությունը Քրիստոսի (ōrhnyal ē harutʿyunə Kʿristosi) (reply) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܕܩܝܵܡܬܵܐ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ‎ (ʿēda d-qyamta hawe brīḳa), (to a man) ܥܹܐܕܘܼܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ‎ (ʿēdoḳ brīḳa), (to a woman) ܥܹܐܕܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ‎ (ʿēdaḳ brīḳa), (to more than one person) ܥܹܐܕܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ‎ (ʿēdoḳon brīḳa) 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 ανέστη (el) (Christós anésti) (greeting), αληθώς ανέστη (el) (alithós anésti) (reply) Hindi: हैप्पी ईस्टर! (haippī īsṭar!) Hungarian: kellemes húsvétot, boldog húsvétot, (in religious setting) áldott húsvétot …kívánok! (it can be added to any preceding version to make it sound less casual and more polite) Icelandic: gleðilega páska (is) Indonesian: Selamat Paskah Irish: Beannachtaí na Cásca ort 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 Low German: German Low German: frohe Oostern Luxembourgish: Frou a geseent Ouschteren Macedonian: Среќен Велигден (Sreḱen Veligden) (literally), Хри́стос во́скресе! (Hrístos vóskrese!) (greeting), Нави́стина во́скресе! (Navístina vóskrese!) (reply), Ваи́стина воскре́се! (Vaístina voskrése!) (reply) Maltese: L-Għid it-Tajjeb Norman: Jouaiyeux Pâques (Guernsey) Norwegian: God Påske Occitan: Bònei Pascas Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: Хрїсто́съ въскрь́се (Xristósŭ vŭskrĭ́se) (greeting), Въ и́стинᲂу въскрь́се (reply) Polish: Wesołego Alleluja (pl), wesołego jajka (pl), Wesołych Świąt (pl) (for both Christmas and Easter) Portuguese: feliz páscoa Romanian: Hristos a înviat (greeting), Adevărat a înviat (reply), Paște Fericit (literally) Russian: Све́тлой Па́схи (Svétloj Pásxi), Счастли́вой Па́схи (Sčastlívoj Pásxi), Христо́с воскре́с(е) (Xristós voskrés(e)) (greeting), Вои́стину воскре́с(е) (Voístinu voskrés(e)) (reply) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Христос васкрсе (greeting), Ваистину васкрсе (reply), Сретан Ускрс Roman: (greeting) Hristos vaskrse, (reply) Vaistinu vaskrse, Sretan Uskrs Slovak: veselú Veľkú noc Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: Žohnowane jutry! (Christian environment), Wjesołe jutry! (neutral environment) Spanish: Felices Pascuas Swedish: glad påsk (sv) Turkish: mutlu paskalyalar Ukrainian: Христо́с Воскре́с (Xrystós Voskrés), Воі́стину воскре́с! (Voístynu voskrés!) (reply) Vietnamese: mừng Chúa Phục Sinh, mừng Chúa phục sinh, Chúa đã phục sinh Welsh: Pasg Hapus Yiddish: אַ פֿריילעכן פּסח‎ (a freylekhn peysekh)

See also

• Merry Christmas
• Happy New Year

Further reading

• “happy Easter” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.