Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit

Happy New Year · Ah-vlee-in fwee wash-eh dit

Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit means Happy New Year, and is said Ah-vlee-in fwee wash-eh dit.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads A new year under prosperity to you. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Ah-vlee-in fwee wash-eh dit, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

Not happy but prosperous: the wish is that the year ahead would sit well on you. Athbhliain is ath (again) and bliain (year).

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• Lá breithe sona duit: Happy birthday to you
• Nollaig shona duit: Happy Christmas
• Cáisc shona duit: Happy Easter
• Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
• Oíche Shamhna shona duit: Happy Halloween
• Comhghairdeas leat: Congratulations

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