Χριστός ανέστη

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”) and ἀνέστη (anéstē, “has risen”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xɾiˈstos aˈnesti/

Interjection

Χριστός ανέστη • (Christós anésti)

1. (Christianity) Christ has risen; Happy Easter! (traditional Greek paschal (Easter) greeting)

Usage notes

Receives the response: αληθώς ανέστη (alithós anésti, “truly risen”).

Descendants

All of them are borrowings in other languages, influenced by the use of Greek as a liturgical language.

• Arabic: الْمَسِيح قَامَ (al-masīḥ qāma)
• English: Christ is risen !
• Armenian: Քրիստոս հարյավ ի մեռելոց (Kʻristos haryav i meṙelocʻ)
• Belarusian: Хрысто́с уваскро́с (Xrystós uvaskrós)
• Bulgarian: Христо́с възкре́се (Hristós vǎzkrése)
• Georgian: ქრისტე აღსდგა (krisṭe aɣsdga)
• German: Christus ist auferstanden
• Macedonian: Хри́стос во́скресе (Hrístos vóskrese)
• Old Church Slavonic: Хрїсто́съ въскрь́се (Xristósŭ vŭskrĭ́se)
• Romanian: Hristos a înviat
• Russian: Христо́с воскре́с (Xristós voskrés)
• Serbo-Croatian: Христос васкрсе
• Ukrainian: Христо́с воскре́с (Xrystós voskrés)