rest in peace

English

Etymology

Calque of Latin requiescat in pace.

Verb

rest in peace (third-person singular simple present rests in peace, present participle resting in peace, simple past and past participle rested in peace)

1. (euphemistic) To have passed away, or died.
2. A blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace.

   May the souls of the recently departed rest in peace.

Derived terms

• rest in pieces

Translations

have died

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 去世 (zh) (qùshì)

• Finnish: levätä rauhassa
• Thai: หลับให้สบาย (th) (làp-hâi-sà-baai)

blessing or expression of hope

• Arabic: اُرْقُد فِي سَلَام (urqud fī salām)
• Armenian: հանգչիր խաղաղությամբ (hangčʻir xaġaġutʻyamb)
• Azerbaijani: Allah rəhmət eləsin, Аллаһ рәһмәт еләсин
• Bengali: শন্তিতে থাক (śontite thak)
• Bulgarian: почивай в мир (počivaj v mir)
• Catalan: en pau descansi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 安息 (on¹ sik¹)

  Mandarin: 安息 (zh) (ānxī)

• Czech: odpočívej v pokoji
• Dutch: rust in vrede
• Esperanto: ripozu pace
• Finnish: levätä rauhassa
• French: repose en paix (fr)
• Galician: descanse en paz
• German: ruhe in Frieden
• Greek: αναπαύσου εν ειρήνη (el) (anapáfsou en eiríni)
• Hebrew: עליו השלום (alav hashalom)
• Hindi: शांति से आराम करना (śānti se ārām karnā)
• Hungarian: nyugodjék békében
• Irish: ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam (male), ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam (female)
• Italian: riposi in pace
• Japanese: ご冥福をお祈りします (ごめいふくをおいのりします, Go meifuku wo o inori shimasu), 安らかに眠る (やすらかにねむる, Yasuraka ni nemuru), 安らかに眠れ (やすらかにねむれ, Yasuraka ni nemure), 安らかに休んでください (やすらかにやすんでください, Yasuraka ni yasunde kudasai)
• Kalmyk: сәәни ормд төртхә (sääni ormd törtxä)
• Korean: 편히 쉬라 (pyeonhi swira)
• Latin: requiescat in pace
• Navajo: háá nilyį́į́h
• Polish: spoczywaj w pokoju
• Portuguese: descanse em paz
• Russian: пусть земля́ бу́дет пу́хом (pustʹ zemljá búdet púxom), ца́рство ему́ небе́сное (cárstvo jemú nebésnoje) (prince), ца́рство ей небе́сное (cárstvo jej nebésnoje) (princess), мир пра́ху его́ (mir práxu jevó) (male), мир пра́ху её (mir práxu jejó) (female), покойся с миром (pokojsja s mirom)
• Serbo-Croatian: počivaj u miru
• Spanish: descanse en paz, que en paz descanse
• Swedish: vila i frid (sv)
• Thai: หลับให้สบายนะ (th) (làp-hâi-sà-baai-ná), ไปที่ชอบๆ (bpai-tîi-chɔ̂ɔp-tîi-chɔ̂ɔp), ไปสู่สรวงสวรรค์ (bpai-sùu-sǔuang-sà-wǎn), ไปสู่สุคติ (bpai-sùu-sù-ká-dtì)
• Turkish: huzur içinde yatsın
• Urdu: اللہ بخشے (allāh baxśe)
• Vietnamese: yên nghỉ (vi)

See also

• rest in piss
• rest in power
• RIP
• sit tibi terra levis
• Thesaurus:dead