Meanings
Origin
- Latinrequiēscat in pāce
- Englishrequiescat in pace
Unadapted borrowing from Latin requiēscat in pāce.
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Arabic اُرْقُدْ فِي سَلَام
- اُرْقُدْ فِي سَلَام (urqud fī salām)may they rest in peace
Basque goian bego
- goian begomay they rest in peace
Bulgarian почивай в мир
- почивай в мир (počivaj v mir)may they rest in peace
Catalan descansi en pau
- descansi en paumay they rest in peace
Czech odpočívej v pokoji
- odpočívej v pokojimay they rest in peace
Danish hvil i fred
- hvil i fredmay they rest in peace
Dutch rust in vrede
- rust in vredemay they rest in peace
Esperanto ripozu en paco, ripozu pace
- ripozu en pacomay they rest in peace
- ripozu pacemay they rest in peace
Estonian puhka rahus
- puhka rahusmay they rest in peace
Finnish lepää rauhassa
- lepää rauhassamay they rest in peace
French repose en paix
- repose en paixmay they rest in peace
German er ruhe in Frieden, möge er in Frieden ruhen
- er ruhe in Friedenmay they rest in peace
- möge er in Frieden ruhenmay they rest in peace
- requiescat in pacemay they rest in peace
Greek αναπαύσου εν ειρήνη
- αναπαύσου εν ειρήνη (anapáfsou en eiríni)may they rest in peace
Hebrew עליו השלום
- עליו השלוםmay they rest in peace
Hungarian nyugodjon békében
- nyugodjon békébenmay they rest in peace
Icelandic hvíldu í friði
- hvíldu í friðimay they rest in peace
Irish chuid eile i síocháin
- chuid eile i síocháinmay they rest in peace
Italian riposi in pace
- riposi in pacemay they rest in peace
Japanese 安らかに眠れ
- 安らかに眠れ (yasuraka ni nemure)may they rest in peace
Korean 편히 쉬라
- 편히 쉬라 (pyeonhi swira)may they rest in peace
Latin requiescat in pace
- requiescat in pacemay they rest in peace
Latvian atpūta mierā
- atpūta mierāmay they rest in peace
Lithuanian ilsėkis ramybėje
- ilsėkis ramybėjemay they rest in peace
Norwegian Bokmål hvil i fred
- hvil i fredmay they rest in peace
Polish niech odpoczywa w pokoju, niech spoczywa w pokoju
- niech odpoczywa w pokojumay they rest in peace
- niech spoczywa w pokojumay they rest in peace
Portuguese descanse em paz
- descanse em pazmay they rest in peace
Romanian odihnească-se în pace
- odihnească-se în pacemay they rest in peace
Russian покойся с миром
- покойся с миром (pokojsja s mirom)may they rest in peace
Scottish Gaelic fois dhut
- fois dhutmay they rest in peace
Slovak odpočívaj v pokoji
- odpočívaj v pokojimay they rest in peace
Spanish descanse en paz, que descanse en paz
- descanse en pazmay they rest in peace
- que descanse en pazmay they rest in peace
- que en paz descansemay they rest in peace
Swahili pumzika kwa amani
- pumzika kwa amanimay they rest in peace
Swedish vila i frid
- vila i fridmay they rest in peace
Tagalog sumalangit nawa
- sumalangit nawamay they rest in peace
Tamil சாந்தியடைய
- சாந்தியடைய (cāntiyaṭaiya)may they rest in peace
Thai หลับให้สบาย
- หลับให้สบาย (làp-hâi-sà-baai)may they rest in peace
Turkish huzur içinde yatsın
- huzur içinde yatsınmay they rest in peace
Ukrainian відпочинок в світі
- відпочинок в світі (vidpočynok v sviti)may they rest in peace
Vietnamese yên nghỉ
- yên nghỉmay they rest in peace
Welsh gorffwys mewn heddwch
- gorffwys mewn heddwchmay they rest in peace
Yiddish מנוחה אין שלום
- מנוחה אין שלום (menukhe in sholem)may they rest in peace
Zulu lala ngoxolo
- lala ngoxolomay they rest in peace
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