Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
wieczne odpoczywanie racz mu dać Panie
English translation:
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord
Polish term
wieczne odpoczywanie racz mu dać Panie
This was on a tombstone: wieczne odpoczywanie racz mu dać Panie
Please could you translate it for me? I guess the first two words mean "eternal rest" but I'm not too sure of the rest (apart from Panie, Lord) partly because I don't know if dać is an imperative or not.
Best wishes,
Simon
| 4 +6 | Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord |
Barbara Gadomska
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| 4 | (Lord), may he rest in peace, (Lord) |
Jarosław Napierała
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| 4 | let Him rest in peace forever, Lord |
Andrew Stanleyson
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Mar 24, 2008 13:10: Iwona Szymaniak changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Mar 28, 2008 18:15: Barbara Gadomska Created KOG entry
PRO (3): Darius Saczuk, Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar), Iwona Szymaniak
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Proposed translations
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Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, English, and 1 more.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
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Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
http://catholicism.about.com/od/prayers/qt/Eternal_Rest.htm
"racz" by itself is the imperative form of "raczyć", which in this context means something like "deign"; this is an obsolete verb, frequently used in old prayers when asking God for something.
Contrary to what the answerer in the link above says, in Poland this prayer is still very much in use.
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Note added at 19 min (2008-03-24 10:01:59 GMT)
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I've just noticed that in your query it's "mu" not "im", so the answer should be: "Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord"
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Note added at 23 min (2008-03-24 10:05:33 GMT)
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The entire text of the prayer in Polish runs as follows:
Wieczne odpoczywanie racz im dac Panie, a światłość wiekuista niechaj im świeci. Niech odpoczywają w pokoju wiecznym, Amen.
Naturally, this prayer can also be saidin singular (mu/jej instead of "im", odpoczywa instead of "odpoczywają")
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Note added at 37 min (2008-03-24 10:19:35 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Rest_(Prayer)
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Andrew Stanleyson
: Sure, Happy Easter
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Happy Easter - what's left of it ;))
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Jarosław Napierała
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Happy Easter to you too!
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Iwona Szymaniak
: I Tobie również, Basiu. :-)
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dzięki, Iwonko, i wszystkiego najlepszego!
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Darius Saczuk
: "May" possible before the whole phrase. Another common alternative: "(May) eternal rest be granted to him". I am a big fan of the subjunctive mood;-)
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Thank you. However, I wouldn't l meddle in old prayers
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atche84
: wieczne pytanie - (1) wedle slownika lub (2) jak powinno byc ? Bogu dzieki, sa jeszcze koledzy typu 2-go. Przepraszam i raczki caluje
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i koleżanki, Atanasie, i koleżanki. Dzięki!
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Polangmar
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dzięki, sorry, że tak późno
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reliable & flexible
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English
(Lord), may he rest in peace, (Lord)
Also an Australian lawyer
Native in: Polish 
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Danish to English, and 1 more.
let Him rest in peace forever, Lord
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albo: Lord, forever in peace let Him rest please :-)
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Barbara Gadomska
: no reason for capital H here/ I may be wrong, but I seem to remember something about capitalized Him/His referring to God only
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if it was my Father I would do just that on His stone || orthodox point of view. Do you like tradition? Let's make a new one :-)
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Discussion
vt
1. książk. (częstować) to treat, to regale; raczyć kogoś smakołykami to ply sb with delicacies; raczono ich wybornym winem they were plied with exquisite wine
2. przest. iron. to deign książk.; nie raczył nawet odpowiedzieć he didn’t deign to vouchsafe an answer, he didn’t deign to reply; ledwie raczyła spojrzeć she hardly deigned to look
3. iron. (obdarzać) to treat, to ply, to regale; raczyć kogoś długą opowieścią to regale sb with a long story; w sierpniu telewizja raczy nas powtórkami in August we are plied with reruns on television
raczyć się przest. żart. to gorge oneself (czymś on sth); raczył się tortem czekoladowym he gorged himself on chocolate cake
■ Bóg raczy wiedzieć God a. Heaven only knows