pascha

See also: Pascha

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא‎ (paskha), from Hebrew פסח‎ (pésakh).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.kʰa/

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ka/

Noun

pascha f or n (variously declined, genitive paschae or paschatis); first declension, third declension

Pascha / Passover or Easter
the Paschal Lamb

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pascha	paschae
Genitive	paschae	paschārum
Dative	paschae	paschīs
Accusative	pascham	paschās
Ablative	paschā	paschīs
Vocative	pascha	paschae

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pascha	paschata
Genitive	paschatis	paschatum
Dative	paschatī	paschatibus
Accusative	pascha	paschata
Ablative	paschate	paschatibus
Vocative	pascha	paschata

Derived terms

pascha crucifixiōnis (“Pascha of the Crucifixion”)
pascha resurrectiōnis (“Pascha of the Resurrection”)
paschālis

Descendants

Corsican: Pasqua
Dalmatian: puoscua, puasc
Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: Pashti, Pashte, Paști
- Romanian: Paști, Paște
Emilian: Pasqua
Italian: Pasqua
Lombard: Pasqua
Neapolitan: Pasca
Old French: pasques, pasche, pasches, pasque
- Bourguignon: Pâques
- Middle French: Pasques
  - French: Pâques
    - Haitian Creole: Pak
    - → Lingala: Páke
- Norman: Pâques, Paak
- Picard: Paques
- Walloon: Påke
- → Middle English: Pask, Paske, Paskes, Pasche, Pasch, Pasque
  - English: Pasch (archaic)
  - Scots: Pace
Old Leonese: [Term?]
- Asturian: pascua
Old Occitan: [Term?]
- Catalan: Pasqua
- Occitan: Pasqua
Old Portuguese: [Term?]
- Galician: Pascua
- Portuguese: Páscoa
Old Spanish: [Term?]
- Spanish: pasqua
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: Pasche
- Romansch: Pasca, Pasqua
Sardinian: Pasa
Sicilian: Pasqua
Venetian: Pàscua
→ Albanian: pashkë
→ Basque: Pazkoa
→ Brythonic:
- Breton: Pask
- Cornish: Pask
- Welsh: Pasg
→ English: Pascha
→ Middle Dutch: pasch, paesch
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: paschen, paesschen
  - Dutch: Pasen
    - ⇒ Dutch: Paasfeest
      - Afrikaans: Paasfees
  - Limburgish: Paosje
  - West Flemish: Poaschn
  - Zealandic: Paese
→ Middle High German: pāschen
- Central Franconian: Poosche
→ Old Irish: Cásc
- Irish: Cáisc
- Manx: Caisht
- Scottish Gaelic: Càisg
→ Old Frisian: [Term?]
- North Frisian: Puask
- West Frisian: Peaske
→ Old Norse: páskar
- Icelandic: páskar
- Faroese: páskir
- Norwegian: påske
- Danish: påske
  - → Greenlandic: poorski
- Elfdalian: påsker
- Swedish: påsk
→ Old Saxon: pāscha
- Low German:
  - Dutch Low Saxon: Poaske, Poasken, Poask
  - German Low German: Paasch, Poosch, Paaschen, Pooschen
→ Swahili: Pasaka

References

pascha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
pascha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
pascha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Swedish

Noun

pascha c

a pasha (title)

Declension

Declension of pascha
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pascha	paschan	paschor	paschorna
Genitive	paschas	paschans	paschors	paschornas