Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

May his soul be at God's right hand · Er yesh Day guh rev ah an-um

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam means May his soul be at God's right hand, and is said Er yesh Day guh rev ah an-um.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads On the right of God may his soul be. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Er yesh Day guh rev ah an-um, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

The usual Irish for rest in peace, and what goes on a headstone or under a death notice. For a woman it is a hanam, with the h, and for more than one, a n-anamacha.

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